Sullivan v. Kanarek

MORRIS, Judge.

Joseph Sullivan, as personal representative of the estate of Sammy Sullivan (the Estate), appeals a final judgment entered in favor of Mark David Kanarek, M.D., and Nadal Pediatrics, P.A., the defendants in a medical malpractice action. The Estate specifically challenges a successor judge’s denial of its motion for new trial. The issue in this appeal is whether the successor judge was in a position to fairly consider the Estate’s motion for new trial based on the totality of both record and alleged nonrecord improprieties of defense counsel. The improprieties were so pervasive…