Stephens v. Bay Medical Center

After the plaintiff had rested, the defense renewed its motion for summary dismissal on grounds of fraud, alleging that the plaintiff had lied under oath. The trial court, which had denied the original motion before the trial began, initially took the renewed motion under advisement, and the case went to the jury, which returned a verdict for the defendants. Then, rather than enter judgment on the verdict, the trial court entered judgment solely “PURSUANT to the Court’s Order dismissing Plaintiffs case for fraud upon the Court.”

The trial court ruled that the plaintiffs “conscious scheme ...…