· 8/11/1982
Square D Co. v. Edwards
Citations
- 419 So. 2d 1327
- 1982 Miss. LEXIS 2114
How courts have described this case
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- allowing expert to testify to facts only generally referred to in pretrial discovery requires reversal
- “[o]ne of the principal reasons for permitting interrogatories for pretrial discovery of the opinion held by experts and the substance of their testimony is to prevent trial by ambush and surprise . . . .”
- plaintiff had duty to supplement answer to interrogatory requesting a substance of opinions as to which experts were expected to testify, and it was error to admit expert testimony regarding defects where such defects were not cited in supplemental answers to such interrogatory
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Judges: Sugg, Broom and Bowling
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