(December 18, 2018, 10:27 AM EST) -- FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court reinstated a trial court’s judgment in favor of a hospital sued for medical malpractice, holding that that an empty-chair defendant, a physician who settled before trial, must be treated the same as any other defendant. However, while the hospital’s motion for a directed verdict was erroneous, the error was harmless, it concluded Dec. 13 (Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare Inc. v. Barbara House, et al., No. 2017-SC-000440, Ky. Sup., 2018 Ky. LEXIS 584)....