· 4/20/2007
Conley v. Com.
Citations
- 643 S.E.2d 131
- 273 Va. 554
- 2007 Va. LEXIS 44
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- agreeing that a licensed clinical social worker could testify as an expert on mental disorders
- “The testimony of a country doctor concerning the sanity of his patient is as readily admissible as the testimony of the most renowned psychiatrist.”
- \ Combs and John do not ... establish a categorical rule ... that only a medical doctor may qualify to render an expert opinion regarding the diagnosis of PTSD or any other recognized mental disorder.\
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Judges: Koontz
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