Soares v. Vestal

OPINION

This case came before a hearing panel of this court pursuant to an order directing Joseph Soares (plaintiff) to show cause why his appeal from a Superior Court judgment granting a directed verdict for Dr. Janie Vestal (defendant), should not be summarily decided.

The plaintiff brought suit alleging inter alia that defendant’s failure to x-ray his wrist and hand following his motorcycle accident constituted medical malpractice and proximately caused a nonunion of certain wrist bones. At trial, the deposition of plaintiffs witness, Dr. Michael Ronthal, acting chief of neurology at Beth…