Dickerson v. Saint Luke's South Hospital, Inc.

Arnold-Burger, J.:

This is an appeal from a wrongful-death jury trial in which the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants St. Luke’s South Hospital, Inc. (St. Luke’s) and two doctors. The jury determined that none of the defendants were at fault, and then it attributed 0% of the fault for Nicole Dickerson’s death to each defendant. Virginia Dickerson, as lawful heir of Nicole Dickerson (the Estate), appeals this result because it requested that the court instruct the jury to compare the fault of three non-party doctors along with the named defendants and to list these nonparty…