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· 9/22/1998

Checchio Ex Rel. Checchio v. Frankford Hospital-Torres-Dale Division

Citations

  • 717 A.2d 1058
  • 1998 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2737

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that expert offered subjective opinion without reference to medical literature or expert’s research and therefore opinion was too unreliable to send to jury
  • excluding proffered expert testimony about cause of neurological dysfunction because it was based on subjective beliefs, rather than scientific evidence
  • precluding expert testimony that infant's oxygen deprivation within 12 hours after birth caused autism
  • affirmed summary judgment where expert opinion was based entirely on subjective assessments
  • discussing the Frye standard for admissibility of scientific evidence

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Judges: Kelly, Cercone, Montemuro

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