Admission Of Doctor’s Opinions On Hypotheticals Warrants New Trial

Mealey's (April 30, 2018, 2:45 PM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A divided Florida Supreme Court on April 26 ordered a new trial in a medical malpractice suit after finding that a subsequent treating physician’s deposition testimony about how he would have treated a girl suffering from hydrocephalus symptoms had she arrived at his hospital earlier was irrelevant and inadmissible, and that its admission could not be considered harmless error (Alexis Cantore, et al. v. West Boca Medical Center, Inc., et al., No. SC15-1926, Fla. Sup., 2018 Fla. LEXIS 953)....