The case of a man who, having fallen asleep cleaning his gun while under prescribed medication, shot himself in the head may serve as a primer for how precisely the qualifications of experts in medical malpractice cases must match up with those of the doctors being sued.

In Buck v. Henry, A-10-10, argued Wednesday at the state Supreme Court, plaintiff Robert Buck claims his doctor, James Henry, deviated from accepted standards of medical care in prescribing an anti-depressant and a sleep aid.

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