Brenda Griffith, next of kin of Decedent, Bob Griffith v. Dr. Stephen Goryl and Upper Cumberland Urology Associates, P.C.

OPINION

FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court,

in which PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, P.J., M.S., and RICHARD H. DINKINS, J., joined.

In this medical malpractice and wrongful death action, the plaintiff alleges the defendant physician, a urologist, failed to timely diagnose and treat the decedent’s bladder cancer which caused his death. At the close of the plaintiffs case in chief, the defendant moved for a directed verdict. The trial court held that the plaintiff s only medical expert witness erroneously defined the standard of care and, upon that basis, excluded his testimony…