11th Circuit: Expert In Da Vinci Surgical Robot Case Doesn’t Have To Be A User

Mealey's (May 4, 2021, 10:09 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — An 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 22 reversed summary judgment in a da Vinci surgical robot case, finding that a trial judge erred in excluding the plaintiff’s sole expert as a nonuser of the device and remanding the case with instructions for the district court chief judge to reassign the case due to a conflict of interest with the original trial judge....