Tucker v. Meis

WYNN, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Yvette P. Tucker and her husband, Larry Tucker, brought this medical malpractice action to recover for an allegedly negligently repaired episiotomy performed on Mrs. Tucker following child birth in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

At trial, plaintiffs presented two expert witnesses: An OB-GYN specialist licensed in Virginia and Tennessee who had been practicing in Tennessee and Mrs. Tucker’s treating psychologist. After finding that plaintiffs failed to present competent medical testimony establishing the standard of care or defendants’ breach thereof, the trial court…