Magistrate Judge Allows Doctor’s Testimony On Diminished Quality Of Life

Mealey's (January 3, 2017, 12:16 PM EST) -- KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A doctor may testify regarding a decedent’s diminished quality of life before his death from in a fire, a Tennessee federal magistrate judge held Dec. 27, finding that the opinion will be helpful to a jury in understanding how the decedent’s medical conditions affected his life (Kenneth Kelley, as the son, next of kin and heir at law of Jimmy L. Kelley, deceased v. Apria Healthcare Inc., No. 13-96, E.D. Tenn.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 178685)....

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