Impatient Judge's Actions Scuttle Defense Verdict
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The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated a jury verdict for the defendant in this medical malpractice case, remanding it and assigning it to a new judge after it found the record was lacking in solid reasoning for the rulings made therein and that the district judge's conduct during trial substantially prejudiced the plaintiff's right to an impartial hearing. Svindlan v. The Nemours Foundation, Slip Copy, 2008 WL 2531198, (Not Selected for publication in the Federal Reporter), (C.A.3 (Pa.), 6/26/08).
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