Hake v. DeLane

JOHNSON, Justice.

This is a medical malpractice case in which the jury awarded the patient $300,-000.00. The most significant issue presented is whether there was substantial evidence upon which the jury could have found that any breach of care by the doctor proximately caused the patient’s damages. We conclude that there was.

We also hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion (1) by not granting a new trial on the ground that some jury members were aware of a newspaper article pertaining to the case or on the ground that the trial court permitted a copy of the newspaper from which…