Rivera v. Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center

Opinion

SPEAR, J.

Two of the defendants appeal from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a jury trial, in favor of the plaintiff on his medical malpractice *462claim.1 The defendants’ principal claim is that the court, relying on General Statutes § 51-241,2 improperly limited the defendants to a total of four peremptory challenges on the ground that they had a unity of interest. The defendants also claim that the court improperly precluded certain evidence regarding the plaintiffs felony record. We agree that the court improperly limited the number of challenges and reverse the judgment…