Court Opinion

ID: 9769001
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 14:01:55.606606+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:04:30.815090
License: Public Domain

HIGGINS, Judge,
concurring.
I agree with the order of reversal and remand for re-entry of the original judgment. I do so because it appears that the parties chose to submit this medical malpractice case on comparative fault instructions which directed the jury to assess the percentages of fault, if any, between plaintiff and defendant. The jury performed its function in accordance with that submission, and the original judgment perfected the process.
The discretion exercised by the trial court in this case is limited to rulings supported by a showing of good cause. Rule 75.01. In the circumstances of this case the unspecified reason for the trial court’s ruling does not, in my opinion, rise to good cause as envisioned by the rule.