Trees v. Ordonez
Annotate this CaseThe issue before the Supreme Court in this case was whether a plaintiff was required to present expert testimony from a medical doctor to establish the standard of care and breach of the standard of care. Plaintiff presented expert testimony from a biomechanical engineer familiar with use of the medical device installed on plaintiff's cervical spine by defendant, a neurosurgeon. After its review, the Supreme Court concluded that plaintiff introduced sufficient evidence from her expert witness who was not a medical doctor to present a jury question on at least one aspect of her negligence claim.
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