TIMBLIN v. KENT GENERAL HOSP. (INC.)

No. 182 1993.

640 A.2d 1021 (1994)

Leroy TIMBLIN and Patricia Timblin, his wife, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. KENT GENERAL HOSPITAL (INCORPORATED), a corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: May 12, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Potter and H. Garrett Baker (argued), Potter, Crosse & Leonard, P.A., Wilmington, for appellants.

Mason E. Turner, Jr. (argued), Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, for appellee.

Before VEASEY, C.J., and WALSH and HOLLAND, JJ.


VEASEY, Chief Justice:

In this case, we address the admissibility of statistical evidence presented by medical expert witnesses testifying for defendant below-appellee Kent General Hospital ("Kent General") concerning the percentage of patients who die or suffer brain damage following a cardiac arrest. Plaintiffs below-appellants Leroy Timblin ("Mr. Timblin") and his wife (collectively, the "Timblins") appeal from the Superior Court's denial of their motion for a...

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