Apaydin v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Kakpinski, Judge.

This appeal arises from a judgment of the trial court on a jury verdict for defendant-appellee Cleveland Clinic Foundation (“Cleveland Clinic”) in a medical malpractice action by plaintiff-appellant John Apaydin, administrator of the estate of Bekir Celik. Plaintiff challenges the trial court’s denial of his motions for mistrial and for new trial following the removal of one juror and substitution of an alternate juror during the case but prior to the jury’s deliberations.

Plaintiff filed a medical malpractice case against the Cleveland Clinic for the wrongful death of Celik,…