Raess v. Doescher

OPINION

HOFFMAN, Senior Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Daniel H. Raess, M.D. ("Raess") appeals from a jury verdict and damage award in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee Joseph E. Doescher ("Doescher"). We reverse and remand.

The following issue is dispositive: whether the trial court committed reversible error in allowing a witness to label Raess a "workplace bully."

On October 25, 2001, Doescher, who was acting as a perfusionist in an open-heart surgery being performed by Dr. Beth Ash- worth ("Ashworth") at St. Francis Hospital ("the Hospital") in Beech Grove, Indiana, left during the surgery to attend to…