A doctor testifying as an expert witness cannot be excluded solely because his opinion is not supported by or conflicts with medical literature, a federal judge has ruled.
November 22, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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A doctor testifying as an expert witness cannot be excluded solely because his opinion is not supported by or conflicts with medical literature, a federal judge has ruled.
The 38-page opinion by Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Yohn Jr. in Ellison v. United States is a major setback for the Justice Department because it clears the way for a plaintiff with catastrophic injuries to go to trial with his medical malpractice suit against the Veterans Administration.
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