Jackson v. Qureshi

OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

In this wrongful death action, the sole issue is whether a plaintiff's proffered medical expert witness satisfied the criteria of Code § 8.01-581.20 to testify on the standard of care in the defendant's specialty. Because we find that the record clearly demonstrates the witness met the statutory "knowledge" requirement and "active clinical practice" requirement, see Wright v. Kaye, 267 Va. 510 , 518, 593 S.E.2d 307 , 311 (2004), and was therefore qualified to testify as an expert with regard to the medical procedure at issue, we will reverse the circuit…