U. OF MS. MEDICAL CENTER v. Pounders

How courts have described this case

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

• Stating that “the failure to acknowledge or rely upon the testimony of a particular expert is not error”
• stating that the trial judge determines the credibility of witnesses, including experts, in bench trials
• applying lay standard of care in case involving injury to a patient caused by a hospital escort because the escort’s conduct did not involve professional conduct
• “A trial judge’s decision as to whether a witness is qualified to testify as an expert is given the widest possible discretion.”
• “a witness need not be a specialist in any particular profession to testify as an expert.... The scope of the witness’s knowledge and experience, and not any artificial classification, governs the question of admissibility.”
• “a witness need not be a specialist in any particular profession to testify as an expert . . . . The scope of the witness’s knowledge and experience, and not any artificial classification, governs the question of admissibility.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).