Haley ex rel. Haley v. Brown

Hill, J.:

This is a medical malpractice appeal. We consider three issues: whether a trial court can legally instruct a jury that they can attribute fault to a nurse who is not a party to the lawsuit instead of the defendant medical center; whether settlement evidence was improperly submitted to the jury; and, finally, whether a proposed jury instruction that details restrictions placed upon doctors practicing medicine under a temporary education license should have been given.

*434We make three rulings. First, while it violates the statute to substitute nonparties for parties in making a fault…