Florida Panel: Court Erred In Allowing Prejudicial, Undisclosed Expert Testimony

Mealey's (January 23, 2017, 12:55 PM EST) -- DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Finding that a lower court erred in permitting a plaintiff to argue and present evidence that a doctor breached her duty of care by providing samples of the antibiotic Levaquin to a patient who later died of meningitis, a Florida appeals panel on Jan. 20 reversed the wrongful death medical malpractice dispute and remanded for a new trial (Doctors Company, et al. v. Nancy Plummer, individually and as personal representative of the estate of William Plummer, and on behalf of B.A.P. and L.J.P., minors, No. 5D15-1963, Fla. App., 5th Dist.)....