DUNCAN v. WEST WICHITA FAMILY PHYSICIANS

No. 101,040.

221 P.3d 630 (2010)

Erin Renee DUNCAN, as Administratrix of the Estate of James Jeffery Duncan, Deceased; Erin Renee Duncan, an Heir at Law of James Jeffery Duncan, Deceased; and Morgan Duncan, Hannah Duncan, Michael Duncan, Joseph Duncan, and David Duncan, Minor Heirs at Law of James Jeffery Duncan, Deceased, by and through their mother and Natural Guardian Erin Renee Duncan, Appellees, v. WEST WICHITA FAMILY PHYSICIANS, P.A., Defendant, and Robyn Hartvickson, M.D., a/k/a Robyn Harris, M.D., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

January 8, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven C. Day and Chris S. Cole, of Woodard, Hernandez, Roth & Day, LLC, of Wichita, for appellant.

J. Darin Hayes, Mark B. Hutton, and Anne M. Hull, of Hutton & Hutton Law Firm, LLC, of Wichita, for appellees.

Before GREENE, P.J., MALONE, J., and KNUDSON, S.J.


GREENE, J.

Dr. Robyn Hartvickson, a/k/a Robyn Harris, M.D., appeals a verdict against her in a medical malpractice action, principally arguing that the district court erred in giving the jury a so-called "hammer instruction" after a deadlock was perceived, and in denying her motion for a new trial based upon both circumstantial and direct evidence of an apparent compromise verdict. She also claims other errors were committed during the trial, but we do not reach these...

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