LOPEZ-STAYER EX REL. STAYER v. Pitts

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• “ER 411 restricts evidence of a defendant’s insurance coverage or the lack of such coverage as proof of negligence or other wrongdoing.”
• upheld a court’s refusal to allow use of the word “insurance” in voir dire of medical malpractice case
• \[A] discretionary ruling based on error of law is an abuse of discretion.\ (citing Wash. State Physicians Ins. Exch. & Ass'n v. Fisons Corp., 122 Wash.2d 299, 339, 858 P.2d 1054(1993))
• “[A] discretionary ruling based on error of law is an abuse of discretion.” (citing Wash. State Physicians Ins. Exch. & Ass’n v. Fisons Corp., 122 Wn.2d 299, 339, 858 P.2d 1054 (1993))
• provided that counsel did not use the word “insurance,” plaintiffs counsel in a medical malpractice action could “voir dire on the topics of ‘claims,’ ‘frivolous lawsuits,’ and the medical malpractice ‘crisis’ generally” since “the jury panel (as part of the general public
• provided that counsel did not use the word “insurance,” plaintiff’s counsel in a medical malpractice action could “voir dire on the topics of ‘claims,’ ‘frivolous lawsuits,’ and the medical malpractice ‘crisis’ generally” since “the jury panel (as part of the general public

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