Ralston v. Smith & Nephew Richards, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “the district court had to undergo a two-step analysis” in determining the admissibility of an expert’s opinion
• holding no abuse of discretion to disregard later affidavit executed at the time critical to avoid summary judgment
• cautioning that possession of a medical degree “is not sufficient to permit a physician to testify concerning any medical-related issue”
• stating that lack of specialization goes to weight, not admissibility, of an expert opinion ″as long as an expert stays ″within the reasonable confines of his subject area’″
• explaining that an expert must “stay within the reasonable confines of his subject area”
• noting that if the Court finds the expert unqualified, the analysis may cease

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).