Dew v. Bay Area Health District

This is a wrongful death action in which plaintiff, the personal representative of the decedent’s estate, alleged that multiple defendants committed medical malpractice causing decedent’s death. The jury found that only Dr. Tersigni (defendant) was negligent, but also found that his negligence did not cause decedent’s death. Plaintiff limits his appeal to the judgment entered in favor of defendant, raising three assignments of error. He asserts that the trial court erred by (1) excluding a portion of defendant’s deposition testimony in which defendant admitted that the decedent could have…