Taylor v. Public Health Trust of Dade County

This is an appeal by the plaintiff Eve Taylor from a final judgment entered upon an adverse jury verdict in a wrongful death, medical malpractice action. The plaintiff raises various points on appeal which, we conclude, do not present reversible error. We accordingly affirm.

First, we conclude that the trial. court did not abuse its discretion in denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial based on a one-word response (“no”) of the jury foreman made during voir dire examination of the jury after a statement was made by defense counsel that the juror had neglected to answer a question on the…