Tyler v. District Court In & For the County of Adams

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

Petitioner Donald E. Tyler filed this original proceeding under C.A.R. 21 for relief in the nature of mandamus. He challenges as an abuse of discretion the trial court’s ordering a mistrial when it discovered a second inconsistent signed jury verdict after the jury was discharged. We issued a rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute.

Petitioner, a former member of the medical staff of Brighton Community Hospital, filed suit against Galen Marks and Robert Larsen, physicians on the executive committee of the hospital; John Vowell, the hospital administrator; and the…