{"id":890,"date":"2016-06-27T07:05:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T12:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoisinjurylawyerblog.net\/?p=890"},"modified":"2018-09-12T15:47:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T20:47:43","slug":"experts-medical-case-allowed-testify-regarding-cause-death-even-though-multiple-causes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/experts-medical-case-allowed-testify-regarding-cause-death-even-though-multiple-causes\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts in Medical Case Allowed to Testify Regarding Cause of Death Even Though There Were Multiple Causes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medical malpractice cases are extremely complicated because they involve a highly specialized knowledge of medicine and medical care. In a recent case<\/a>, a medical malpractice claim was filed against a woman\u2019s doctors after she died while in their care. The woman went to the emergency room at a hospital to seek medical treatment. The emergency room doctor ordered tests and diagnosed the woman with an incarcerated hernia and possible bowel obstruction, and he tried to reduce the hernia.<\/p>\n

The ER doctor then called the woman\u2019s primary care physician, who told him to call another surgeon. The surgeon came and reduced the woman\u2019s hernia, and the woman was admitted to the hospital. On the\u00a0following morning, the woman went into septic shock and experienced cardiac arrest, for which she was resuscitated. She then went into surgery to address a perforated bowel. The woman was then given medication for her blood pressure. Subsequently, her primary care physician switched her to a different medication. Suddenly, the woman\u2019s blood pressure dropped, and she died.<\/p>\n

A medical malpractice claim was filed against the woman\u2019s medical providers. The defendants wanted to exclude the testimony of the plaintiffs\u2019 two expert witnesses. They argued that the witnesses had not sufficiently testified as to the cause of the woman\u2019s death, as required under the Daubert<\/em> case. Under the Daubert<\/em> case, a U.S. Supreme Court decision, an expert\u2019s scientific testimony must be based on reasoning or methodology that is valid and can be appropriately applied. The factors to consider are whether the theory has been or can be tested, whether it has been subjected to peer review and publication, its error rate, its maintenance and standards, and whether it is generally accepted within the scientific community.<\/p>\n

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