Reimer v. Surgical Services of the Great Plains, P.C.

The appellants, James V. Reimer and Barbara Jensen, the personal representatives of the estate of Louis W. Reimer, Jr. (Reimer), filed this medical malpractice action against the appellees, Thomas C. Howard, M.D., and his employer, Surgical Services of the Great Plains, P.C. During trial, the district court refused to allow the appellants to question one of Howard’s expert witnesses regarding whether the expert and Howard carried professional liability insurance issued by the same com*673pany. The trial court also refused to give a causation instruction that utilized the term “substantial factor”…