Legal Opinion
Benjamin v. Zeichner
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 5, 2013No. 2012-C-1763PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM *
| fin this medical malpractice case, the trial court refused to qualify Dr. James Shamblin as an expert witness for the plaintiffs, finding he did not satisfy the requirements for expert witnesses under the Medical Malpractice Act. The trial court subsequently granted defendant’s motion for directed verdict based on plaintiffs’ failure to present expert testimony to support their case. The court of appeal reversed these rulings. We granted this writ application to review the correctness of the court of appeal’s decision. For the following reasons, we reverse the ruling of the…
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