Expert’s Opinion On Paralysis Tossed When Evidence Shows Accuser Can Walk

Mealey's (September 20, 2017, 1:35 PM EDT) -- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — An expert witness for a woman who says her paralysis was caused by medical malpractice was excluded from testifying by a Puerto Rico federal judge, who ruled Sept. 18 that the expert’s opinion on the cause of the paralysis is useless because, despite the woman’s claims to the contrary, the evidence shows that she is not in fact paraplegic (Aglaed Gonzalez Rivera v. Centro Medico Del Turabo, Inc. D/B/A Hospital Himacaguas, et al., No. 15-1538, D. Puerto Rico, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 151189)....