Appellate Law

Fourth District: Treating Treaters As Experts, Or Not

By Matt Conigliaro

This decision from the Fourth District considered whether a treating physician was an expert whose opinions were required to be disclosed prior to trial under rule 1.280(b)(4). The court held that disclosure was required for a treating physician only for opinions acquired or developed in anticipation of litigation or for trial, and because the opinions at issue were not shown to meet that standard, the rule did not require disclosure.

Full post as published by Abstract Appeal on February 21, 2011 (boomark / email).