Ransom v. Radiology Specialists of the Nw.

This mandamus proceeding concerns the application of Oregon's widely recognized bar on expert discovery to doctors who were actors in events relevant to plaintiff's medical malpractice action. Plaintiff's position is that the bar on expert discovery applies solely to a party's retained experts. Unsurprisingly, this court revisits a decision it issued a decade ago in Gwin v. Lynn , 344 Or. 65, 176 P.3d 1249 (2008), which also involved the deposition of an expert who was an actor in events relevant to that civil action. Despite **578Gwin , a majority of the court now concludes that the doctors…