Coroles v. State

Justice DURHAM,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 In this medical malpractice suit, the district court struck two sets of proposed expert witnesses retained by the plaintiff. The court struck the first set of witnesses because the plaintiff's attorney revealed confidential information to them about the proceedings before a mandatory prelitigation panel. The court also struck two replacement expert witnesses because they were designated after the cutoff date established by the scheduling order. Because the plaintiff was then left without any experts to establish the necessary elements of her…