Fugett v. Harris

Grady, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant after a jury trial in an action for bodily injuries and loss of personal property arising from an automobile accident. The issues presented are whether the trial court abused its discretion when it struck some or all of the deposition testimony of two medical experts concerning the plaintiffs claim that the trauma she suffered in the accident aggravated a preexisting disorder of the temporomandibular joint of her jaw, resulting in a pain process known as temporomandibular joint (“TMJ”) syndrome.

Plaintiff Brenda Fugett sought to…