Horton v. Associates in Obstetrics & Gynecology

Appeal from an order and judgment of the Supreme Court (Canfield, J.), entered April 6,1995 in Rensselaer County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of defendants.

In this medical malpractice action, which was tried in March 1995, the sole contention advanced on plaintiffs’ appeal relates to the method of jury selection imposed by Supreme Court. Specifically, Supreme Court required the parties to utilize a method whereby plaintiffs’ counsel was permitted 30 minutes (subsequently enlarged to 60 minutes) to question the first round of 12 prospective jurors and was then required to exercise his…