Bonnie J. Hutchinson v. Stephen Groskin, M.D.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Bonnie J. Hutchinson appeals from the June 12, 1990 judgment of the District of Vermont, Albert W. Coffrin, Judge, entered in favor of defendant Stephen Groskin, M.D., after a five-day trial. The jury found defendant not liable for negligence. Plaintiff contends that the district court erred in permitting defense counsel to use three letters in its examination of expert witnesses. We agree, and reverse.

On April 2, 1985, plaintiff visited defendant, her primary care physician, in Stowe, Vermont, to inquire about a mole on her abdomen that was undergoing…