ROBERTS v. TARDIF


417 A.2d 444 (1980)

Cecile ROBERTS et al. v. Lionel TARDIF et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipman, Parks & Livingston, David M. Lipman (orally), John M. Parks, Sumner H. Lipman, Augusta, for plaintiffs.

Hunt, Thompson & Bowie, M. Roberts Hunt (orally), James M. Bowie, Portland, for defendants.

Before WERNICK, GODFREY and GLASSMAN, JJ., and DUFRESNE and DELAHANTY, A. R. JJ.


GODFREY, Justice.

Dr. Tardif appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court entered on a jury verdict finding him liable for medical malpractice resulting in injury to the plaintiffs. We address the following issues raised by the appeal: (1) whether the trial justice erred in giving an "unavoidable accident" instruction in the course of charging the jury; (2) whether certain hearsay testimony based on an x-ray report was properly...

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