Pattillo v. Sanchez

ADAMS, Justice.

Monica Pattillo appeals from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of Dr. Fernando A. Sanchez in a medical malprac*444tice action alleging that Sanchez had negligently treated Pattillo when she sought medical attention following abdominal surgery.

First, Pattillo contends that the trial court erred in refusing to grant a new trial when, following the jury verdict, it was discovered that the wife of one of the jurors was a patient of Dr. Sanchez. Pattillo argues that if she had known this fact, she would have struck the juror; because the juror did not reveal the doctor/patient…