Sherman v. Marden

OPINION

EDWARD D. MULALLY, Judge.

Appellant alleges that the trial court erred in allowing inadmissible hearsay testimony of an expert witness and that the trial judge’s absence from the courtroom during presentation of videotaped deposition testimony constituted a prejudicial irregularity in the proceedings. We affirm.

FACTS

Passenger Bonita Sherman sustained soft tissue neck injury during a car accident in January 1991. Following a three-day trial, the jury returned a special verdict finding that respondent John Marden was negligent but concluding that Sherman had not sustained permanent…