Wetzel v. Shaffer

LEWIS, P.J.,

Presently before this court is plaintiffs’ post-trial motion in the nature of a request for new trial as to the following issues: did this court properly allow the presentation of the “two schools of thought” doctrine to the jury; whether defendants failed to prove the elements necessary for the “two schools of thought” defense; and whether this court erred in denying plaintiffs’ Frye motion and in permitting the testimony of the sole defense expert Dr. Levin. The facts and procedural history of the case are as follows:

In July of 1996, Kay Perkins (decedent), a 53-year-old female…