Garcia v. Brooklyn Hospital

—In a medical malpractice action, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Barasch, J.), entered October 23, 1998, which, upon a jury verdict in favor of the defendant, dismissed the complaint.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The plaintiff alleges that despite the trial court’s efforts to prevent the jury from learning of the death of defense counsel’s mother, one of the jurors approached defense counsel outside *387the courtroom and expressed his condolences. This conversation allegedly occurred before summation and allegedly…