Morris v. Chandler Exterminators, Inc.

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion because I believe the superior court properly excluded Dr. Currie’s affidavit from consideration on the causation issue with regard to the Morrises’ personal injury claims. The superior court determined that while Dr. Currie was qualified, on the basis of his Ph.D in psychology, to state from which mental dysfunction plaintiffs were suffering, he was not competent to testify to causation since he was not a medical doctor. This conclusion was well founded.

Dr. Currie’s speciality is clinical neuropsychology, which he described in his affidavit as…