DiFRANCO v. KLEIN

93-588-Appeal.

657 A.2d 145 (1995)

Michael DiFRANCO et al. v. Carine R. KLEIN, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne McGrath, E. Paul Grimm, David Morowitz, Decof & Grimm, Providence, for plaintiff.

David W. Carroll, Roberts, Carroll, Feldstein & Peirce, Providence, for defendant.


OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This case comes before us on an appeal by the plaintiffs, Michael DiFranco and Laurie DiFranco (the DiFrancos) as next of friends of their minor child Michael DiFranco, Jr., and a cross-appeal by the defendants, Dr. Carine R. Klein and Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (defendants). The DiFrancos contend that the trial justice erred in instructing the jury on the applicable standard of care in medical-malpractice cases...

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