Sanders v. Rosner

By JUDGE JOSEPH E. SPRUILL, JR.

This is a death by wrongful act proceeding involving medical malpractice. Following a two-day trial, the jury returned verdicts against the physician defendant of $600,000.00. Defendant has moved to set the verdict aside and award a new trial on the issues of both liability and damages, or in the alternative, to order a remittitur.

Having concluded that there is sufficient evidence to support the jury’s finding of liability, consideration here will be limited to the question of whether the verdict was excessive.

The decedent was Robert H. Sanders, who died on…