Godbee v. Dimick

OPINION

WILLIAM B. CAIN, J„

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., P.J., M.S., and FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., J., joined.

Patient filed a medical malpractice claim against an orthopedic surgeon for his alleged negligence in her diagnosis and spinal surgery. After a three week trial, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the physician. The patient appealed, claiming that she was entitled to a new trial because the trial court erred with i’egard to several evidentiary rulings, its communications with the jurors, its jury instructions and verdict form, and its decision to…