Nurse's Suicide Highlights Twin Tragedies of Medical Errors

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Ghostwriter

Would the plaintiffs attorney's be allowed to use an accused suicide as "proof of guilt" or would the Judge quash that right off the bat? I don't know whether I am reading you correctly.

If I was the judge, I'd exclude it because the fact of the suicide is too prejudicial and not really probative at all. As far a "proof of guilt," she gave the baby 10x the dosage. I don't think there's a question of liability. The only question in my mind is how much the insurance company has to pay to make these parents whole.

[Ghostwriter]

Originally Posted by Kevin

If I was the judge, I'd exclude it because the fact of the suicide is too prejudicial and not really probative at all.

That's what I thought. The attorney's for the plaintive would give it a try but it wouldn't go very far.