· 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
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- 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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