Medical Expert In Suit Alleging Botched Eye Surgery Can Testify, Judge Says

Mealey's (November 15, 2022, 4:42 PM EST) -- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A medical expert retained in a malpractice suit may not have used the “magic words,” but his testimony clearly identified a standard of care and his opinions are relevant and reliable under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Puerto Rico federal judge ruled in denying a motion to exclude....