Evans by and Through Evans v. Doty

AMENDED OPINION 1

BILLINGS, Associate Presiding Judge:

This is an appeal in a medical malpractice action following a jury verdict in favor of the defendant doctor. On appeal, plaintiff asserts that: (1) during voir dire, the trial judge refused to ask prospective jurors questions sufficient to allow the plaintiff to exercise her peremptory challenges; and (2) there is insufficient evidence to support the jury verdict and, therefore, plaintiff is entitled to a new trial. We affirm.

FACTS

Plaintiff, Corinne Evans, was born in January 1982, six weeks premature and suffering from Downs Syndrome. In…