Balan v. Horner

BERGER, Justice:

This is an appeal from a jury verdict against a doctor in a medical malpractice case. The doctor argues that the Superior Court erred, among other things, by (i) allowing a gynecologist to testify as to the standard of care required of a general surgeon; and (ii) refusing to strike the gynecologist’s opinion that the standard of care had been breached, when that opinion allegedly was based only on the fact that the patient was injured during the surgery. We find that the Superior Court correctly applied the law and acted within its discretion in admitting the expert testimony.…