Babcock v. Northwest Memorial Hospital

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• holding that a refusal to allow a question is an implicit ruling on a request to ask that question
• concluding that language in motions in limine together with recorded voir dire of excused juror on the subject matter at issue made it “obvious” what questions Babcocks. wanted to ask venire panel
• stating that the mere mention of insurance does not automatically require reversal
• “In Texas, the right to a fair and impartial trial is guaranteed by the Constitution and by statute.”
• to obtain review on exclusion of evidence, party must provide record of what evidence would have shown
• patient should have been permitted to question venire panel about alleged “lawsuit crisis” or “liability crisis” in order to discover any “bias or prejudice resulting from the controversy over tort reform ....”

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