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HARTNETT v. MEDICAL CENTER HOSP. OF VERMONT

No. 82-577.

503 A.2d 1134 (1985)

Sheila A. HARTNETT, Individually, and Sheila A. Hartnett, Administratrix of the Estate of John J. Hartnett v. MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL OF VERMONT, E. Douglas McSweeney, Jr., M.D., and Allen W. Leadbetter, M.D.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

September 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McNeil, Murray & Sorrell, Inc., Burlington, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John M. Dinse, Michael B. Clapp, and Austin D. Hart, of Dinse, Allen & Erdmann, Burlington, for defendant-appellee Medical Center Hosp.

Robert D. Rachlin, Priscilla K. Reidinger, and James W. Runcie, of Downs, Rachlin & Martin, for defendant-appellee McSweeney.

William H. Quinn, of Pierson, Affolter & Wadhams, Burlington, for defendant-appellee Leadbetter.

Before HILL and PECK, JJ., and KEYSER and DALEY, JJ. (Ret.), and MEAKER, Superior J., Specially Assigned

HILL, Justice.

Plaintiff, Sheila Hartnett, appeals from an adverse judgment rendered in an action against defendants for medical negligence. We affirm.

In 1974, plaintiff's decedent, John J. Hartnett, underwent vascular bypass surgery. The surgery was performed by Drs. McSweeney and Leadbetter at the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont. The hospital and the two surgeons are the defendants in this action. Sometime either during or following surgery, Mr. Hartnett...

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