Settle v. Espiefs

How courts have described this case

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

• “Treating physi cians, however, testifying to their personal consultation with a patient are not considered expert witnesses pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(4)(c).”
• “The relevant question is whether these treating physicians acquired their opinions ... directly through their treatment of the plaintiff.”
• testimony related to a physician’s own care and treatment of a plaintiff is ordinary, factual testimony and not expert testimony
• physicians will “suffer no more inconvenience than many other citizens called forward to be deposed or testify as a trial witness in a matter in which they have first hand factual knowledge”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).