An undisputed clerical error will send a medical malpractice defense verdict back to the trial court, the Superior Court has ruled.
On Dec. 31, 2013, a unanimous three-judge panel ruled in McFarland v. Clarion Hospital that a clerk’s filing error constituted negligence on behalf of the two doctors employing her, and therefore the jury should not have rendered a defense verdict. The decision reverses Clarion County Court of Common Pleas President Judge James G. Arner’s ruling to uphold the verdict.
