Stearns v. Plucinski

I concur with the majority as to the jury instructions. The trial court gave a correct statement of the applicable law. I must respectfully dissent, however, because I believe the admission of inadmissible hearsay testimony regarding the CVC committee’s review of appellant’s cardiovascular charts was an abuse of discretion which clearly prejudiced appellant.

On cross-examination, appellant’s counsel asked two questions about the CVC committee:

Q. Doctor, does North Memorial Medical Hospital have a CVC committee?

A. Yes.

Q. What is that?

A. The CVC committee is the cardiovascular coordinating…