Legal Opinion
Schulz v. Celotex Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 21, 1991No. 90-1708PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
The district court struck the testimony of an attending physician because he did not couch his diagnosis on causation in terms of reasonable medical certainty. We determine that under either the federal or state rule of evidence, the testimony in this diversity asbestos case was sufficiently definite to be admissible. Because that evidence supplied the causation link necessary to carry the plaintiff’s case to the jury, the grant of a directed verdict for the defendants was erroneous and will be reversed.1 *206We also conclude that the plaintiffs failure to…
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