Bradshaw v. Iowa Methodist Hospital

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• holding that plaintiff failed to prove causation without expert testimony that his back injury was caused by fall in the hospital rather than a previous workplace injury
• explaining that “a possibility, rather than probability” of causation is insufficient to “warrant submitting [the question] to the jury”
• holding in negligence suit for personal injuries that “the causal connection between the [claimant’s] fall and the subsequent disability is essentially within the domain of expert testimony”
• recognizing expert opinions were admissible when the expert was giving testimony that a causal relation was possible, likely, or probable
• recognizing expert opinions were admissible when the expert was giving testimony that a causal relation was possible, likely, or probable
• recognizing expert opinions were admissible when the expert was giving testimony that a causal relation was possible, likely, or probable

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