Legal Opinion

Stolte v. Fagan

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 11, 2011No. A11A0445PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McFADDEN, Judge.

Kerry Stolte and her husband, Scott Ross (together, “Stolte”) appeal the defense verdict in favor of dentist M. James Fagan III and his practice (together, “Fagan”) in this malpractice case. Stolte argues that in closing argument, defense counsel improperly referred to Fagan’s reputation and that the trial court should have stricken four jurors for cause. Because Stolte acquiesced in the trial court’s remedy for one reference to reputation and waived her objection to another, and because Stolte has not shown that she was required to exhaust her peremptory strikes, we affirm…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Blankenship v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  2. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  3. Ethridge v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  4. Robinson v. MurraySupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  5. Whitley v. Gwinnett CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Stolte v. FaganSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  2. Stolte v. FaganCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  3. Barrientos ex rel. Nelson v. JonesUtah Supreme Court · 2012
  4. Kerry Stolte v. M. James FaganCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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