Altman v. Allen

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which reversed the judgment of the circuit court in which the trial judge refused to strike three jurors for cause who had been former patients of either Dr. Altman or Dr. Mulliken.

The sole question is the propriety of the refusal of the trial judge to strike the three jurors who were former patients of either doctor.

This medical malpractice action was filed in 1987 and alleged negligence in the treatment of Allen in the weeks following his premature birth in 1972. The Court of Appeals reversed the judgment of the…