Wahle v. Medical Center of Delaware, Inc.

HORSEY, Justice:

In this appeal we review a ruling of Superior Court dismissing a claim of medical malpractice for plaintiff’s continuing disregard of pretrial scheduling orders and her ultimate failure to identify timely her medical expert witness, as required by 18 Del.C. § 6853. Plaintiff asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in its pretrial ruling, which prohibited plaintiff from introducing at trial, scheduled to begin two months later, expert medical testimony supportive of her claim. Plaintiff also contends that the court erred as a matter of law in granting defendants’…