Johanna Woodard v. University of Mich Medical Ctr

We concur in that portion of Justice MARKMAN’s concurrence stating that a defendant physician’s multiple areas of specialty “may be considered under [MCL 600.2169(2)] and MRE 702” in barring the testimony of an expert witness who does not possess the same multiple areas of medical specialty. Ante at 582 (emphasis omitted). Thus, we agree with Justice MARKMAN’s concurring opinion that there can be more than one relevant area of medical specialty at issue in establishing a breach of the applicable standard of care, and that a proffered expert may be excluded on that basis. At first glance,…