PETROCELLI v. GALLISON

No. 81-1529.

679 F.2d 286 (1982)

James E. PETROCELLI, Sr., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Davis T. GALLISON, M.D., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1982.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing June 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camille F. Sarrouf, Boston, Mass., with whom John B. Flemming, and Sarrouf, Mills & Teague, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Wilson D. Rogers, Jr., Boston, Mass., with whom Charles J. Dunn, Jr., and Dunn & Dunn, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and GARRITY, District Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this diversity action for medical malpractice against Dr. Davis T. Gallison. The jury found for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal, alleging as error the exclusion of certain evidence contained in James Petrocelli's medical record at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Gallison performed a hernia operation on James Petrocelli at Tobey Hospital on March 18, 1975. Mr. Petrocelli subsequently suffered a great...

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