{"id":2707,"date":"2013-12-30T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2013-12-28T08:18:20","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T14:18:20","slug":"trial-court-must-exercise-caution-granting-motion-directed-verdict-opening-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/trial-court-must-exercise-caution-granting-motion-directed-verdict-opening-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial Court Must Exercise Caution in Granting a Motion for Directed Verdict on an Opening Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Sandy Parrish, the administrator of the estate of Karen Parrish, filed a wrongful-death and survival action against physician Michael Jones, D.O., and other medical providers. The suit stemmed from what was alleged to be the negligent care of Karen Parrish, resulting in her death.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">On Dec. 30, 2004, Parrish was admitted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adena.org\/\">Adena Regional Medical Center <\/a>and diagnosed with an acute peripheral-nerve disorder.<span>\u00a0She\u00a0<\/span>was then transferred to a rehabilitation center and was under the care of another defendant physician, Christopher Skocik, D.O.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In the lawsuit, the Parrish family alleged that the medical staff treating Karen had been negligent by choosing not to prescribe the appropriate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/anticoagulant-and-antiplatelet-drugs\">anti-coagulation therapy<\/a>.<span>\u00a0<\/span>It was further alleged in the complaint that as a direct and proximate result of that negligence, Karen died prematurely suffering a cardiopulmonary arrest and hypoxia due to a pulmonary emboli with saddle embolus and deep-vein thrombosis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/trial-court-must-exercise-caution-granting-motion-directed-verdict-opening-statement\/#more-2707\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandy Parrish, the administrator of the estate of Karen Parrish, filed a wrongful-death and survival action against physician Michael Jones, D.O., and other medical providers. 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