Legal Opinion

David Oaks v. Timothy R. Chamberlain, M.D.

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided May 11, 2017No. Court of Appeals Case 92A04-1609-CC-2041PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Najam, Judge.

Statement of the Case

In this medical malpractice case, David Oaks appeals the trial court’s decision to exclude his cross-examination of an adverse expert witness about the expert’s personal medical practices. He raises two issues on appeal, which we restate as follows: '

1. Whether the trial court abused its discretion when ' it excluded the cross-examination of a medical expert about his personal medical practices, which Oaks sought to elicit for the purpose of impeaching the expert’s testimony on ’the standard of care.

2. Whether the exclusion of that testimony was harmless…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Watkins v. SowdersSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Desmond Turner v. State of IndianaIndiana Supreme Court · 2011
  3. Oelling v. RaoIndiana Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Washington v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2004
  5. Rodgers v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981

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3Cited by4 opinions

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