Savage v. Three Rivers Medical Center

Opinion of the Court by

Justice VENTERS.

This case began when Appellants, Sophia Savage and Darrell Savage, brought an action in the Lawrence Circuit Court alleging medical malpractice in a 2001 surgical procedure. The first trial ended in a verdict favorable to Appellants. However, Appellee, Three Rivers Medical Center (Three Rivers), moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) and, in the alternative, for a new trial. The trial court agreed that the first trial was tainted by evidentiary error. It denied Appellee’s motion for JNOV, but granted its request for a new trial. The second…