Ciaccio v. Housman

OPINION OF THE COURT

Sidney Leviss, J.

In this medical malpractice action, one of the defendant doctors is called as a witness by plaintiff’s attorney as part of plaintiff’s direct case. In the course of the plaintiff’s direct examination of the defendant doctor, defendant doctor is asked if he recognizes a certain medical text as authoritative, in order to lay a foundation for asking the witness a subsequent question as to whether he agrees or disagrees with material in the medical text which may be at variance with the doctor’s treatment.

Defendant doctor’s attorney objects on the ground that…