Legal Opinion
Habtu v. Woldemichael
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 1997No. 96-CV-544PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge.
In this medical malpractice suit, plaintiff appeals from a verdict directed against her which in turn stemmed from the trial court’s refusal to allow her to designate a new expert medical witness after the first jury trial had ended in a mistrial. In the somewhat unusual circumstances of this case, including the fact that plaintiff bore no responsibility for the aborted first trial at which her expert opinion proof was concededly sufficient, we hold that the trial court abused its discretion in not granting the request to name a new expert.
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