Wilson v. Morris

BLACKWELL, Judge.

In this personal injury case, we evaluate two important issues accepted for certiorari: 1) whether evidence of prior and subsequent policies of a day care center in attending patients is admissible to show a breach of the standard of care and 2) does a juror’s statement regarding “the insurance crisis” and the high cost of injury cases establish juror bias so as to warrant a mistrial. We shall affirm the intermediate appellate court’s decision remanding the case for a new trial. Morris v. Wilson, 74 Md.App. 663, 539 A.2d 1151 (1988).

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