Unprofessional conduct earns rebuke from Ohio Supreme Court

29/10/2007

The Ohio Supreme Court has overturned a record-breaking $30 million medical malpractice award, citing, among other courtroom misbehavior, a theatrical closing argument by the controversial Michigan attorney representing the brain-injured plaintiff.

Attorney Geoffrey Fieger's courtroom antics, including his assumption at closing of the persona of his client, when he allegedly was an oxygen-deprived baby during the delivery process, were inappropriate and tainted the jury's decision, the supreme court held yesterday in a 6-1 ruling.

At one point, while in character as the baby, Fieger told the jury: "Doctors, nurses, I'm suffocating. Please help me to be born. I want to play baseball. I want to hug my mother. I want to tell her that I love her. Help me." Learn more>

29 October 2007

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