Fatima E. Belhak and Abdellatif Elfila v. Denice Smith, M.D., and Women's Care Specialists, P.C.

Summary

The court vacated the court of appeals decision and reinstated the plaintiffs’ jury verdict in their medical-malpractice action. It held that the district court acted within its discretion in denying a new trial based on alleged trial misconduct and that expert testimony, viewed as a whole, supplied sufficient evidence for the jury to find that the use of 4-0 sutures caused the wound breakdown, infection, and resulting delay in reconstructive surgery.