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Manzoni v. Hamlin

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Oct 29, 1964
202 N.E.2d 264 (Mass. 1964)

Opinion

October 29, 1964.

John F. Dunn for the defendant.

John J. McNaught for the plaintiffs.


Exceptions overruled. In this action of tort against a surgeon for malpractice, the plaintiff and her husband (who sued for consequential damages) had verdicts. The defendant's exceptions to the denial of his motion for directed verdicts bring the case here. There was evidence of several admissions made by the defendant. The medical evidence, apart from these admissions, was insufficient to take the case to the jury. But the admissions would warrant a finding that the plaintiff's injuries were caused by the defendant's negligence. The defendant takes the position that in a malpractice case admissions, unless corroborated by expert testimony, ought not to be sufficient to take a case to the jury. Recognizing that our decisions are to the contrary, the defendant urges that we do not follow them. This we decline to do. The case at bar is governed in principle by Leary v. Keith, 256 Mass. 157, 158, Tully v. Mandell, 269 Mass. 307, 309, Zimmerman v. Litvich, 297 Mass. 91, 94, and Woronka v. Sewall, 320 Mass. 362, 365.


Summaries of

Manzoni v. Hamlin

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Oct 29, 1964
202 N.E.2d 264 (Mass. 1964)
Case details for

Manzoni v. Hamlin

Case Details

Full title:ELINORE MANZONI another vs. EDWARD HAMLIN, JR

Court:Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

Date published: Oct 29, 1964

Citations

202 N.E.2d 264 (Mass. 1964)
348 Mass. 770

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