Legal Opinion
Merriam v. Wanger
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 15, 2000PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.
[¶ 1] William Wanger, M.D., appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Oxford County, Kravchuk, J.) on a jury verdict in favor of Laurel Merriam in her medical malpractice action against him. On appeal, Wanger claims that: (1) there is insufficient evidence of proximate cause; and (2) admission of certain portions of Merriam’s expert testimony violated the discovery rules and unfairly prejudiced him. Because the record contains no evidence of causation beyond what may be characterized as speculation, we vacate the judgment.
I. CASE HISTORY
[¶ 2] In 1992 and 1993, Laurel Merriam…
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