Hagar v. Shull

|,In this medical-malpractice/wrongful-death case, appellant Derek Scott Hagar, as the administrator of the estate of his late father, Darren Scott Hagar, and as representative of his father’s wrongful-death beneficiaries, appeals from a jury verdict in favor of appellee, Dr. Robert Shull. For reversal, appellant argues that the circuit court erred in certain evidentia-ry rulings, in restricting his cross-examination of Dr. Shull, and in instructing the jury. We affirm.

I. Background

Darren Scott Hagar (Scott) died on January 15, 2010, at age forty-two. He suffered from morbid obesity, severe…