{"id":2516,"date":"2016-03-25T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2016-08-30T16:19:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T21:19:20","slug":"appeals-court-reverses-trial-court-found-abused-discretion-excluding-testimony-plaintiffs-expert-witness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/appeals-court-reverses-trial-court-found-abused-discretion-excluding-testimony-plaintiffs-expert-witness\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeals Court Reverses Trial Court Found to Have Abused Its Discretion in Excluding the Testimony of a Plaintiff\u2019s Expert Witness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paulette Elher filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Dwijen Misra Jr. M.D., seeking damages alleging that Dr. Misra accidentally clipped her common bile duct<\/a> while performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy<\/a>. Elher wanted to have the court admit expert testimony where it would be stated that clipping a patient\u2019s common bile duct during an otherwise uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy was a breach of the standard of care. She also claimed that negligence could be inferred from the improperly clipped bile duct under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The defendants in this case moved to exclude Elher\u2019s proposed expert\u2019s testimony on the ground that, because it was not supported by peer-reviewed literature or the opinions of other physicians, it did not meet the standards for reliability under the Rules of Evidence Section 702.<\/a> Rule 702 is the rule of evidence regarding testimony by experts. The rule is in place to assist the jury or court in understanding scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge and to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue. A witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training or education may testify in the form of an opinion or otherwise.<\/p>\n

The court of appeals in Michigan held that the trial judge had abused its discretion by incorrectly applying Rule 702 to exclude the testimony of plaintiff\u2019s expert witness because the factors that the trial court considered were not relevant to the expert\u2019s testimony, which did not involve an unsound scientific methodology or questionable data. Rather, the majority concluded that injuring the common bile duct violated the applicable standard of care called for a value judgment derived from training and experience. The majority agreed, however, with the trial court that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur did not apply to plaintiff\u2019s claim. The dissent agreed with the majority\u2019s analysis of the res ipsa loquitur issue but concluded that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by excluding the testimony of plaintiff\u2019s expert regarding the standard of care because no basis had been offered for the testimony apart from the expert\u2019s own personal views. The defendants sought leave to appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

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Paulette Elher filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Dwijen Misra Jr. M.D., seeking damages alleging that Dr. Misra accidentally clipped her common bile duct while performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 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