New Jersey Panel Reverses Judgment In Bedsore Case, Remands To Allow Expert Report

(January 13, 2022, 3:00 PM EST) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A trial judge correctly ruled that a nurse was not qualified to provide proximate cause testimony in a survival and wrongful death action against numerous health care defendants because of the decedent’s complex medical history, but the judge erred in denying the  estate representative’s motion to extend discovery to allow her to provide a causation opinion from a physician, a New Jersey appellate panel ruled Jan. 5, vacating the trial court’s grant of summary judgment for the defendants and remanding for further proceedings....