{"id":4517,"date":"2019-07-25T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=4517"},"modified":"2019-07-21T20:29:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T01:29:24","slug":"state-appellate-court-finds-that-physician-is-qualified-as-an-expert-witness-even-though-not-currently-engaged-in-active-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/state-appellate-court-finds-that-physician-is-qualified-as-an-expert-witness-even-though-not-currently-engaged-in-active-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"State Appellate Court Finds That Physician is Qualified as an Expert Witness Even Though Not Currently Engaged in Active Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas Appellate Court has held that a trial court had not erred in denying a defendant\u2019s motion to dismiss based on a plaintiff expert physician\u2019s failure to perform the procedure at issue in the case within the last 20 years. <\/p>\n<p>Alice Waggoner sued physician Dr. Carl Jones, maintaining that he breached the standard of care by performing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niddk.nih.gov\/health-information\/diagnostic-tests\/endoscopic-retrograde-cholangiopancreatography\">endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)<\/a> before running another noninvasive test to determine whether an ERCP was necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Under Texas law, the plaintiff served the defendant with an expert report by Dr. Perry Hookman, a board-certified physician in both internal medicine and gastroenterology.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/state-appellate-court-finds-that-physician-is-qualified-as-an-expert-witness-even-though-not-currently-engaged-in-active-practice\/#more-4517\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas Appellate Court has held that a trial court had not erred in denying a defendant\u2019s motion to dismiss based on a plaintiff expert physician\u2019s failure to perform the procedure at issue in the case within the last 20 years. 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