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McKENZIE v. BLASETTO

No. 342, 1995.

686 A.2d 160 (1996)

Colette McKENZIE and Carmen McKenzie, husband and wife, individuals, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. James BLASETTO, M.D., an individual, and Delaware Heart Group, P.A., a Delaware Professional Corporation, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: December 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben T. Castle, Melanie K. Sharp (argued), and Neilli Mullen Walsh of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, for Appellants.

Mason E. Turner, Jr. of Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, for Appellees.

Before VEASEY, C.J., HARTNETT and BERGER, JJ.

BERGER, Justice:

This is an appeal from a defense verdict in a medical malpractice action. Appellants, Colette and Carmen McKenzie, contend that the jury was improperly instructed to use a local standard of care in deciding whether appellee, Dr. James Blasetto, committed malpractice. The McKenzies also object to the trial court's ruling that their counsel could not read passages from a medical text as part of his closing argument.

We hold that, pursuant to...

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