Judge Bars Testimony In Inmate’s Medical Negligence Suit Against Prison Doctors

Mealey's ( April 5, 2017, 9:07 AM EDT) -- MACON, Ga. — Medical testimony in support of an incarcerated man’s medical negligence claims against prison doctors fails to satisfy Federal Rule of Evidence 702, a Georgia federal judge ruled March 31, noting that a psychiatrist cannot testify “as the be‐all‐and‐end‐all global damages expert” and as “a standard of care expert” (William Stoner v. Chiquita A. Fye, M.D., and Norman Howard Fitz-Henley, M.D., No. 15-102, M.D. Ga., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48701)....

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