Magistrate: Plaintiff’s Expert Opinions In Wrongful Death Suit Should Be Excluded

Mealey's (July 19, 2018, 9:36 AM EDT) -- OPELIKA, Ala. — An Alabama federal magistrate judge on July 9 recommended that a plaintiff’s experts be excluded from offering their causation opinions in a wrongful death lawsuit and that the defendants’ motion for summary judgment be granted because the plaintiff is without competent expert testimony to demonstrate a breach of the standard of care (Latisa Thornton v. John W. Mitchell, M.D., et al., No. 16-829, M.D. Ala., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 114393)....