Pillsbury-Flood v. Portsmouth Hospital

In this medical malpractice case the plaintiff sued Portsmouth Hospital and Doctors Eugene B. Andes and Frank A. Graf for negligence in connection with their medical treatment of her husband following an automobile accident. A jury trial resulted in verdicts for all three defendants. On appeal, the plaintiff contends that the Trial Court (Gray, J.) should have shifted the burden of proof to the defendants on the issue of causation because the nature of the defendants’ negligence made proof of causation by the plaintiff difficult or impossible. We disagree, and therefore affirm.

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