WARD v. ST. MARY MEDICAL CENTER OF GARY

No. 45S03-9506-CV-624.

658 N.E.2d 893 (1995)

Roosevelt WARD, Sr., and William Ward and Roosevelt Ward, Jr., as the Guardians of Roosevelt Ward, Sr. Appellant, v. ST. MARY MEDICAL CENTER OF GARY, Jane Doe, and/or John Doe, whose true and Christian names are unknown and Sonja Tarnow, who are employees and/or agents of the Defendants, St. Mary Medical Center of Gary and George D. Smalls, M.D., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 12, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Kopack, Merrillville, for appellant.

Randall J. Nye, Hammond, for appellee.


ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

This case requires us to reaffirm an established tenet of our state's jurisprudence: a jury's verdict may not be impeached by testimony of the jurors who returned it.

Facts

Roosevelt Ward, Sr. (Ward) filed a complaint alleging malpractice against St. Mary Medical Center (St. Mary) on September 19, 1992, after suffering a tear in his bladder during a needle biopsy performed at St. Mary.<...

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