Hawkins v. SSC HENDERSONVILLE OPERATING CO.

BRYANT, Judge.

The plaintiff in a medical malpractice action must tender an expert who can testify to a familiarity with the standards of practice in the same or a similar community as defendant. 1 In the present case, plaintiff sought to establish the standard of care applicable to the care provided to her 86-year-old husband by defendant nursing home through the testimony of three medical experts. Because these witnesses testified regarding a national standard of care rather than the standards of practice in the community in which defendant is located, we reverse the denial of defendant’s…