Becker v. Metzger

Waite, Judge.

This timely appeal arises from the trial court’s order that Robert J. Becker (“appellant”) produce the reports of experts not expected to testify at trial. For the following reasons, we reverse the judgment of the trial court.

On September 30, 1999, appellant, executor of the estate of Patricia L. Becker, filed a medical malpractice claim against appellee Clyde C. Metzger, M.D. On January 3, 2000, the trial court filed a pretrial/scheduling order which, among other things, ordered that no later than one-hundred twenty days before trial, appellant was to disclose expert trial…