PUCKETT v. VERSKA

No. 32571.

158 P.3d 937 (2007)

Paula PUCKETT, Plaintiff-Respondent-Cross Appellant, v. Joseph VERSKA, M.D., Defendant-Appellant-Cross Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, February 2007 Term.

March 28, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall, Farley, Oberrecht & Blanton, P.A., Boise, for appellant. Raymond D. Powers argued.

Yturri Rose, LLP, Fruitland, for respondent. Timothy J. Helfrich argued.


JONES, Justice.

Dr. Joseph Verska appeals several rulings in the medical malpractice litigation between himself and his patient, Paula Puckett. Specifically, he appeals rulings on a motion to reconsider, a jury instruction, a motion in limine, a motion for new trial or additur, the award of discretionary costs to Puckett, and the denial of discretionary costs to Verska. We affirm.

I.

On September 2, 1999, Puckett underwent an anterior cervical diskectomy...

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