Abstract
This issue deals with the question of whether a medical expert witness need be a resident of the particular community in order to testify as to local hospital standards in that community. Generally, in cases involving medical malpractice, the courts have held that the expert witness must have practiced in the "same" or "similar" locality as the defendant doctor in order that his testimony be held admissible to establish the standard of medical care against which the defendant is to be held.
Recommended Citation
Kent E. Baldauf, Non-Resident Expert Testimony on Local Hospital Standards, 18 Clev.-Marshall L. Rev. 493 (1969)
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Evidence Commons, Medical Jurisprudence Commons, Torts Commons
Comments
Interdisciplinary - Law Symposium