Bailey Lumber & Supply Co. v. Robinson

¶ 34. I dissent from the majority’s conclusion that Dr. Obie McNair was not qualified to opine whether Robinson’s fall at Bailey Lumber exacerbated his pre-exist-ing condition so greatly that hip-replacement surgery was necessary. Maj. Op. at ¶ 14.

Qualification

¶ 35. The majority agrees with Bailey Lumber that Dr. McNair was not qualified to give a causation opinion, because this physician is an internal medicine specialist with a subspeciality in pulmonology, not an orthopaedic surgeon. Thus, the majority concludes that whether the fall aggravated Robinson’s osteoarthritis to the degree that…