Lis v. Robert Packer Hospital

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

The major questions presented in this appeal from an adverse jury verdict in a medical malpractice diversity case concern practices routinely followed by the district judge in his conduct of trials. While we hold that these practices, which relate to cross examination and bifurcation of trial, *821offend the Federal Rules of Evidence and Civil Procedure and by this opinion explicitly discourage their future use, we do not find reversible error in this case.

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Jason Lis was born to appellants Debbie and Edwin Lis on May 18, 1974, at the defendant Robert…