Hogan v. Gable

Appellant seeks review of the denial of his motion for a new trial following a defense verdict in his negligence suit against Appellee, Gray Gable, Nassau Village Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. He contends that the cumulative impact of various errors below deprived him of a fair trial and that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a lack of prior similar accidents. We agree that the trial court erred in admitting the nonoccurrence evidence, and we therefore reverse and remand for a new trial.

Appellant was a surgeon at Baptist Medical Center-Nassau (“Baptist”). He volunteered to sit…