In upholding a $12 million birth injury verdict—and $6.4 million judgment—the Georgia Court of Appeals offered a warning about expert witnesses: no surprises.

“The defendants did not disclose expert opinions … until one business day before the start of a complex medical malpractice jury trial, even though they had known about the factual predicate for those opinions for several years,” Judge Amanda Mercier said in a 15-page opinion issued Tuesday.

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