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Thursday, February 19, 1998 Page: 6A
WILKES-BARRE- A judge declared a mistrial in a medical malpractice case
Wednesday after one of the physicians on trial came to aid a juror who became
ill in the jury box, a law clerk said.
The juror was sitting on the case of Suzanne Pohutski vs. Dr. William J.
Krywicki and Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center when she apparently began
to feel faint and slumped forward in her chair, said Sean Robbins, law clerk
for Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Ann Lokuta.
Robbins said Krywicki approached the woman and felt her neck to ensure she
was all right. Attorneys for Pohutski then asked Lokuta to declare a mistrial
because of concerns Krywicki’s actions might have influenced the panel, he
said.
Pohutski of Mountaintop filed suit against Krywicki and several other
physicians in 1992. She