Ilse Bock v. UT Medical Group, Inc.

This medical malpractice action returns for consideration of the district court’s exclusion of plaintiffs medical expert, Dr. James Shull, under Tennessee Code Annotated § 29-26-115(b). We revisit the relevant facts, thoroughly detailed in our prior opinion, Bock v. University of Tennessee Medical Group, Inc., 471 Fed.Appx. 459 (6th Cir.2012) (“Bock /”), only as necessary for the purposes of this appeal.

Bock I examined this expert-witness competency issue in light of new law from the Tennessee Supreme Court decision in Shipley v. Williams, 850 S.W.3d 527, 550-54 (Tenn.2011), that broadened…