{"id":1159,"date":"2020-08-31T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2020-08-31T06:34:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T11:34:32","slug":"state-appellate-court-holds-that-refusal-to-excuse-juror-with-connection-to-defendant-physician-not-an-abusive-discretion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/state-appellate-court-holds-that-refusal-to-excuse-juror-with-connection-to-defendant-physician-not-an-abusive-discretion\/","title":{"rendered":"State Appellate Court Holds That Refusal to Excuse Juror with Connection to Defendant Physician Not an Abusive Discretion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Washington State Appellate Court held that a trial court had not abused its discretion in allowing a juror with a connection to the defendant doctor to serve on a jury in a medical malpractice case.  <\/p>\n<p>In this case, a child and his parents sued the obstetrician, Dr. Kevin Harrington, alleging his negligence during the child\u2019s delivery, which led to his brachial plexus nerve injury.<\/p>\n<p>The family of the child sought to exclude various prospective jurors for cause, claiming they had a child delivered by the defendant physician, including Juror 25. Although the court excused several of the jurors, Juror 25 ultimately served in a jury, which returned a verdict for the defendant physician. The family of the child appealed from this verdict.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/state-appellate-court-holds-that-refusal-to-excuse-juror-with-connection-to-defendant-physician-not-an-abusive-discretion\/#more-1159\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Washington State Appellate Court held that a trial court had not abused its discretion in allowing a juror with a connection to the defendant doctor to serve on a jury in a medical malpractice case. 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