Friday, January 21, 2005

Wyoming Nixes "Tort Reform" Measure on Medmal Testimony

According to the Casper Star-Tribune, the Republican-dominated Wyoming House has voted by a 32-23 margin to reject a proposed "tort reform" measure imposing new requirements for expert testimony in medical malpractice cases. The bill would have subjected out-of-state medical experts to the disciplinary authority of the Wyoming Board of Medicine. It also would have barred contingent expert fees and required that physician witnesses belong to the same specialty as the doctor being sued. "We do not have a problem with expert witnesses in medical malpractice cases," said one Republican House member.

posted by pn at 4:22 PM

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Anonymous roger fritz writes ...

The proposed of “tort reform” should be processed may be there is not expert witnesses but they can search another option.
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Addiction Recovery Wyoming

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Fed. R. Evid. 702: If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise, if (1) the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, (2) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and (3) the witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.