Myron v. Doctors General Hospital, Ltd.

WARNER, Judge.

Appellants file this appeal from a defense verdict following a four month medical malpractice trial, claiming that the trial court committed five reversible errors. We find that two errors merit reversal. We hold that the trial court erred in admitting Child Protection Team reports of a child abuse investigation and in permitting the defense to cross-examine the appellants’ experts with non-authoritative medical treatises. These errors were not harmless and consequently necessitate a new trial.

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