Opinion
(4779)
Submitted on briefs December 5, 1986
Decision released December 16, 1986
Action to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of the plaintiff's medical malpractice, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of New Haven and tried to the jury before D. Dorsey, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, from which the plaintiff appealed the court. No error.
Anthony J. Lasala filed a brief for the appellant (plaintiff).
Edward Mourn Sheehy filed a brief for the appellee (defendant).
This case is the aftermath of our decision in DeMartin v. Yale-New Haven Hospital, 4 Conn. App. 387, 494 A.2d 1222, cert. denied, 197 Conn. 813, 499 A.2d 62 (1985). A retrial resulted in a second verdict for the defendants. The plaintiff's sole claim on appeal is that the trial court erred by denying his motion for a mistrial. That motion was based on the claim that the defendant's counsel improperly injected prejudicial matters into the trial regarding the plaintiff's status as a prison inmate.
We have fully reviewed the record and briefs. The trial court gave an adequate curative instruction. Suffice it to say that the court did not abuse its wide discretion in determining that the actions of the defendant's counsel did not deprive the plaintiff of a fair trial and did not vitiate the entire proceedings. Patrick v. Burns, 5 Conn. App. 663, 673-74, 502 A.2d 432 (1985), cert. denied, 198 Conn. 805, 504 A.2d 1059 (1986).