Farley v. Shook

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “‘“[i]t is the general rule that in medical malpractice cases[,] . . . want of professional skill can be proved only by expert witnesses.” Syl. Pt. 2, Roberts v. Gale, 149 W. Va. 166, 139 S.E.2d 272 (1964
• finding summary judgment proper in medical malpractice case where plaintiffs’ expert “was unable to link any of the[] alleged breaches in care to the ultimate outcome”
• finding summary judgment proper in medical malpractice case where plaintiffs’ expert “was unable to link any of the[ ] alleged breaches in care to the ultimate outcome”
• finding summary judgment proper in medical malpractice case where plaintiffs’ expert was “unable to link any of the[] alleged breaches in care to the ultimate outcome”
• “While a physician does not have to be board certified in a specialty to qualify to render an expert opinion, the physician must have some experience or knowledge on which to base his or her opinion.”
• “While a physician does not have to be board certified in a specialty to qualify to render an expert opinion, the physician must have some experience or knowledge on which to base his or her opinion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).