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MILLER v. RHODE ISLAND HOSP.

No. 92-407-A.

625 A.2d 778 (1993)

Craig L. MILLER v. RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 3, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Brenner, Corrente, Brill & Kusinitz, Providence, for plaintiff.

Neal McNamara, Flanders & Medeiros, Providence, for defendant.

S. Michael Levin, Edwards & Angell, Providence, Paul Gebhard, Robert Portman, Chicago, IL, for amicus curiae.

OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

This matter is before us on the appeal of the defendant, Rhode Island Hospital (hospital), from a Superior Court judgment. An attending physician at the hospital had performed a surgical procedure over the objections of the plaintiff, Craig L. Miller. A jury found the hospital liable for battery and awarded the plaintiff $10,000 in compensatory damages and $100 in punitive damages.1 On appeal the hospital...

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