Legal Opinion
Jesse A. Fielden v. Csx Transportation, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 6, 2007No. 05-4377PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the scope of the expert report requirement of Rule 26(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. In particular, the issue is whether a plaintiff pursuing a claim under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., must file an expert report before the plaintiffs treating physician can testify as to the cause of the plaintiffs carpal tunnel syndrome. In this case, Jesse Fielden did not file a timely expert report from his treating physician about the cause of Fielden’s carpal tunnel syndrome. The district court…
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