Legal Opinion
WellStar Health System, Inc. v. Sutton
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 27, 2012No. A12A1426; A12A1427PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MCFADDEN, Judge.
These related appeals arise from a mistrial in a medical malpractice case. The defendant hospital challenges the trial court’s declaration of a mistrial and denial of its motion to set aside the mistrial and enter judgment in its favor. But the hospital acquiesced in the court’s decision to declare a mistrial. More fundamentally, there was no verdict upon which to enter such a judgment. The defendant doctor and his medical practice challenge a jury charge and the grant of a motion in limine. As to the jury charge, the case must *803be retried, and the Suttons acknowledge error; so…
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