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Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Despite Juror’s Misconduct

July 29, 2025

Background After losing her medical malpractice case against Dr. Margaret Inman, Amanda Ping learned that one of the jurors who returned the adverse verdict had not disclosed that she recognized the name of a defense expert witness. Ping soughta new trial, which the trial court summarily denied. Pin[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Juror Misconduct

May 2, 2024

Chayce Collier (“Chayce”), a minor, by and through his parent and next friend, Kendall Collier (“Plaintiff”), sued Periclis Roussis, M.D. (“Dr. Roussis”), Fort Sanders Perinatal Center, and Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (“the Hospital”) (“Defendants,” collectively) in the [...]

Indiana Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict, Holding Plaintiff Entitled To Evidentiary Hearing On Juror Misconduct Claim

April 8, 2024

The Court of Appeals of Indiana held in its opinion filed on January 31, 2024: “In this medical malpractice case, Amanda Ping (“Ping”) appeals following a jury verdict in favor of Margaret Inman, M.D. (“Dr. Inman”). Ping challenges the trial court’s denial of her motion to correct er[...]

California Appellate Court Decides Juror Misconduct Requires New Trial For Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

September 9, 2021

The Court of Appeal of the State of California First Appellate District Division Three (“California Appellate Court”) stated in its unpublished opinion filed on August 12, 2021, “In evaluating whether the nurse juror’s statement constituted misconduct, the trial court appropriate[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Denies New Trial For Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs For Alleged Juror Bias

June 28, 2020

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated March 2, 2020, upheld the denial of a new trial for the New Jersey medical malpractice plaintiffs based on the alleged bias of a juror who had previously been to the defendant’s[...]

South Carolina Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Verdict Due To Jury Misconduct Involving Premature Deliberations

April 26, 2020

The South Carolina Supreme Court, in its opinion dated March 11, 2020, stated, “it is clear Killian’s [a juror’s] conduct severely hampered the fundamental fairness of the trial, and that the circumstances here demonstrate prejudice. Carmichael [another juror] testified that Killia[...]

Vermont Supreme Court Discusses Effect Of Juror’s Email During Medical Malpractice Trial

November 2, 2015

The Vermont Supreme Court recently issued an opinion in a Vermont medical malpractice case where a juror, who performed security work at the defendant hospital, received an email from the defendant hospital during the medical malpractice trial in which the hospital denied that it had done anything [...]

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