Noel K. Blevens v. George W. Holcomb, III

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Noel K. Blevens appeals a post-trial order of the district court 2 granting judgment as a matter of law in favor of the defendant, Dr. George W. Holcomb, in this medical malpractice case. The district court ruled that Blevens’s evidence was insufficient as a matter of law, because his expert witnesses failed to articulate and apply the proper standard of care in their testimony. We affirm.

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DeLanie Blevens, Noel’s daughter, was born with congenital defects in her bowel. On the morning of August 21, 2001, DeLa-nie complained to her father of severe abdominal pain and…