Shaky Medical Expert Testimony Dooms Botched Surgery Suit

By Y. Peter Kang (April 6, 2017, 9:15 PM EDT) -- A Pennsylvania appellate panel affirmed Thursday a midtrial dismissal of a medical malpractice suit accusing a doctor of botching a gallbladder surgery, saying the patient's expert witness failed to offer testimony with the requisite degree of certainty since he said it was "more likely than not" his opinion was accurate....

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