Gillespie v. Rice

VICTOR C. HOWARD, Chief Judge.

After trial, at which plaintiff alleged negligent failure to warn, the jury found defendant-doctor, Margaret Rice, not liable. In the current appeal, plaintiff-appellant Phoebe Gillespie, substitute for the deceased patient Eleanor Duggan, claims that the trial court committed multiple prejudicial errors. She alleges that the trial court allowed improper lines of questioning, Dr. Rice was non-responsive when she testified, Dr. Rice’s counsel made improper arguments, and that the judge erroneously forbade her counsel from making objections during closing arguments.