Frank Gillis, M.D. v. Joey Frazier, as of the Estate of Florine Bryant

MAIN, Justice.

Frank Gillis, M.D., appeals from a $5,000,000 judgment entered on a jury verdict against him in favor of Joey Frazier, as executor of the estate of his mother, Florine Bryant, in this wrongful-death/medical-malpractice case. We affirm the judgment in case no. 1121205; we reverse and remand in case no. 1120292.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Bryant died on November 17, 2005. On April 19, 2007, Frazier, on behalf of his mother’s estate, sued Dr. Gillis, a family practitioner, and Carol Davis, a certified nurse practitioner,1 alleging wrongful death/medical malpractice stemming from…