A new trial must be held because a judge in a medical malpractice case failed to adequately answer questions from the jury about what evidence it could consider when determining plaintiff’s proper care, an appeals court said.
An Appellate Division, Third Department, panel overturned the defense verdict in Meyer v. Saint Francis Hospital, 523255, ruling that the responses of Ulster County Supreme Court Justice Christopher Cahill “precluded [the jury] from fairly considering a critical issue.”
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