Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Paul Ray Taylor, M.D.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided August 11, 2015No. Case No. 20130463PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice PARRISH,
opinion of the Court:
INTRODUCTION
1 Robby and Lisa Robinson brought this medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Paul Taylor for the wrongful death of their deceased father, Brad Robinson. After the jury found that Dr. Taylor negligently caused Mr. Robinson's death, Dr. Taylor appealed, challenging the trial court's decision to admit into evidence Dr. Taylor's felony drug convietion.1 We agree with Dr. Taylor and hold *1233that evidence of Dr. Taylor's prior eriminal conviction was inadmissible under rules 608 and 609 of the Utah Rules of Evidence. Accordingly, we reverse and remand…
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- United States v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
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