Matthew Ward v. Lowe's

I respectfully dissent. This Court has made clear that expert medical testimony is required when, as in this case, the issue of causation presents “a complicated medical question outside the understanding of laypersons.” Outlaw v. Erbrich Products Co., 777 N.E.2d 14, 28-29 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002), reh’g denied, trans. denied; see also Muncie Ind. Transit Auth. v. Smith, 743 N.E.2d 1214, 1217 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001). This, is because. “[a]n expert, who has the ability to apply principles of science to the facts, has the power to draw inferences from the facts which a lay [person] would be…