Legal Opinion
Samaan v. St. Joseph Hospital
District Court, D. Maine
Decided December 21, 2010No. 1:09-cv-00656-JAWPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DAUBERT HEARING
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
Following a December 9, 2010 Daubert hearing, the Court grants Dr. David Kaplan’s motion to exclude the expert testimony of Dr. Ravi Tikoo concerning the consequences of the failure to administer tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) to Anton K. Samaan within three hours of the onset of his stroke symptoms. The battle line in this motion is drawn on whether it is more likely than not Mr. Samaan would have benefited if he had received timely t-PA. The Court concludes it is not.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
A. Mr. Samaan’s Stroke and Treatment at…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Samaan v. St. Joseph HospitalCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
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