Case Name: DAVID KERVICK, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF RUTH FARRELL) v. SILVER HILL HOSPITAL ET AL.
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 2011-06-23
Citations: 301 Conn. 922
Docket Number: SC 18805
Parties: DAVID KERVICK, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF RUTH FARRELL) v. SILVER HILL HOSPITAL ET AL.
Judges: ROGERS, C. J., and HARPER, J., did not participate in the consideration of or decision on this petition.
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 301
Pages: 922–922

Head Matter:
DAVID KERVICK, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF RUTH FARRELL) v. SILVER HILL HOSPITAL ET AL.
Decided June 23, 2011
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 18805.
Catherine S. Nietzel, in support of the petition.
Sandra J. Akoury, in opposition.

Opinion:
The named defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 128 Conn. App. 341 (AC 29783), is granted, limited to the following issue:
"Did the Appellate Court properly determine that the trial court abused its discretion when it denied the plaintiffs request to poll the jury regarding an article published in the New York Times concerning the subject matter of the suit?"
ROGERS, C. J., and HARPER, J., did not participate in the consideration of or decision on this petition.