The question as to the degree of certainty to which a doctor must testify in a medical malpractice case seems to be a never-ending inquiry. As my dad would say, there are more opinions on this than “Carter has little liver pills.” Remember Carter’s Little Liver Pills? Well, don’t worry, neither do I. It was an old time saying, however.  

The case of Mazzie v. Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVHM), 2021 Pa. Super. LEXIS 214, (April 16, 2021) (Nichols, J.) is illustrative. This case addressed not only the never-ending inquiry over what an adequate medical opinion sounds like, but also the circumstances in which new trials should be granted because of the damage award.