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In this medical malpractice case, an appeal was taken by the plaintiff after a jury verdict was entered in favor of the defendant, Mercy Hospitals East<\/a>, claiming that the trial court abused its discretion. The claim was made that the court chose not to strike for cause a venireperson<\/a> after she expressed during voir dire<\/a> a disqualifying bias in favor of Mercy. She stated that she would \u201cstart off slightly in favor\u201d of Mercy in this case because her sister was a registered nurse at another Mercy facility. <\/p>\n

Since this venireperson served on the jury in this case, the appellate court reversed and remanded for a new trial because the appeals panel found that the venireperson\u2019s stated bias disqualified her from jury service on this case and she was not subsequently rehabilitated. <\/p>\n

The original lawsuit stemmed from allegations that the hospital providers were negligent in connection with the Cesarean-section delivery of Thaddeus Thomas, resulting in brain damage to the newborn. The case proceeded to trial on March 16, 2015 and a jury returned a verdict for Mercy Hospital on March 26, 2015. The only issue on appeal was asserted that the trial court committed reversible error when it denied the plaintiffs\u2019 motion to strike the venireperson for cause, who was later seated as a juror and took part in the verdict in this case.
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In this medical malpractice case, an appeal was taken by the plaintiff after a jury verdict was entered in favor of the defendant, Mercy Hospitals East, claiming that the trial court abused its discretion. 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