Court of Appeals Summary Decision of the Month:
Trials. Abuse of discretion regarding admissibility of evidence and trial continuance.
Quattrocchi v. Nicholls
This appeal and cross-appeal arose from a judgment confirming a jury verdict in favor of Paul Nicholls, M.D. and dismissing the medical negligence claim brought by Ann Quattrocchi. Quattrocchi argued that the circuit court improperly excluded evidence of a surgical incident that led to her sciatic nerve palsy. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded as to the direct appeal and affirmed as to the cross-appeal after concluding that exclusion of the evidence and the failure to grant a continuance amounted to an abuse of discretion.
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