Glassman v. Costello

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Larson, J.:

This appeal arises from an anesthesia-related death of a mother during the course of a cesarean section delivery of a healthy child. The mother’s survivors sued the anesthetist and the obstetrician. After a setdement was reached with the anesthetist, the claim against the obstetrician was tried to a jury. The jury found the anesthetist 99% at fault and the obstetrician 1% at fault, and awarded damages of $2,007,385.47.

The mother’s survivors appeal, contending the trial court erred in refusing to allow testimony as to the standard of medical…