Legal Opinion
Lee v. Smith, II
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 10, 2020No. S18G1549PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
307 Ga. 815
FINAL COPY S18G1549. LEE v. SMITH. MELTON, Chief Justice. In this personal injury case, the trial court excluded the testimony of an expert defense witness, reasoning that the expert had “not [been] properly identified within the parameters of the scheduling order.” The Court of Appeals affirmed, and we granted the defendant’s petition for a writ of certiorari to answer the following two questions: (1) May a trial court exclude an expert witness solely because the witness was identified after the deadline set in a scheduling, discovery, and/or case management order? and (2) If not,…
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