King v. Singing River Health System

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In this medical-malpractice action, we must determine whether the trial court erred in excluding the testimony of an expert witness. The trial court granted summary judgment for the defendants because the plaintiffs expert was not qualified to testify to the standard of care of the defendant-doctors, and the expert’s opinion that the plaintiff had more than a fifty percent chance of a better recovery lacked support in the medical literature. The plaintiff now appeals. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. Elizabeth Carol King suffered a…