Green v. Wilcox

Sognier, Chief Judge.

Jason Green, by his next friend, his mother, Tammie Green, brought a medical malpractice action against Dr. C. R. Wilcox alleging that during Green’s birth Wilcox, an obstetrician, applied injudicious traction in attempting to correct shoulder dystocia, causing permanent partial paralysis of Jason’s right arm. A jury returned a verdict in favor of Wilcox, and Green appeals.

In his sole enumeration of error, appellant contends the trial court erred by refusing his request to strike a juror for cause, forcing him to use a peremptory strike. The prospective juror in issue,…