Winding v. Bryan

ROSEMARY LEDET, Judge.

I,This is a medical malpractice case. The plaintiff, Crystal Winding, filed this malpractice suit against, among others, Dr. Washington Bryan. Dr. Bryan filed a “no-expert” motion for summary judgment.1 Although Ms. Winding’s opposition included a notarized expert’s affidavit, the trial court, as a sanction for Ms. Winding’s violating the pre-trial scheduling order, refused to consider her expert’s affidavit. Based on Ms. Winding’s lack of an expert witness, the trial court granted |aDr. Bryan’s motion for summary judgment. The narrow issue presented on appeal is whether…