Jones v. MEA, Inc.

MODIFIED OPINION ON REHEARING

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The motion for rehearing is denied. We withdraw our original opinion and substitute this opinion in its place.

¶2. In medical-malpractice cases, expert testimony is critical. An expert is needed not only to establish the medical professional deviated from the standard of care but also to prove this deviation caused the patient’s injury.1 So in this case, when the wrongful-death beneficiaries of Shirley Nebraska Jones sought to establish a medical-malpractice claim without a medical expert, the result was inevitable — the judge granted…