Meyers v. National RR Passenger Corp.(Amtrak)

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a treating physician must be disclosed as an expert witness and provide an expert report under Rule 26(a)(2
• noting that there was no evidence “suggesting that [the doctors] previously considered or determine the cause of [the plaintiff’s] injuries during the course of treatment”
• treating physician may not testify about cause of plaintiff’s injury without providing expert report unless arrived at during the course of treatment
• finding parties must be given adequate notice and a reasonable time to prepare
• “The purpose of the report is to provide adequate notice of the substance of the expert’s forthcoming testimony and to give the opposing party time to prepare for a response.”
• “The purpose of the report is to provide adequate notice of the substance of the expert’s forthcoming testimony and to give the opposing party time to prepare for a response.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).