Defense Verdict Vacated By Missouri Appeals Court In Suit Over Baby’s Brain Injury

(November 23, 2020, 9:46 PM EST) -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A trial court erred in admitting a neonatologist’s alternative causation testimony because he testified that he did not have an opinion based on a reasonable degree of medical certainty about the cause of an infant’s brain injury, a Missouri appeals court concluded Nov. 10, vacating a defense verdict and remanding for a new trial (Nicholas Linton, et al. v. Amy S. Carter, et al., No. WD82637, Mo. App., 2020 Mo. App. LEXIS 1402)....

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