Speet v. Bacaj

In this appeal from a judgment entered in a medical malpractice action, the dispositive issues are whether the trial court erred (1) in refusing to permit the plaintiffs to inquire during jury voir dire about the veniremen’s knowledge of the medical malpractice insurance crisis, (2) in admitting the malpractice panel opinion into evidence, and (3) in refusing a jury instruction, offered by the plaintiffs, concerning the weight to be accorded the panel’s opinion. 1

Brian Norris Speet, an infant, Mary C. Speet, Brian’s mother, and Donald Norris Speet, Brian’s father (collectively, the Speets),…