Tag: Surgery
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Pain Management Expert Witness Permitted to Testify That Plaintiff’s Surgery Addressed His Annular Tear
Plaintiff Matthew Iwaskow was injured in a car accident on December 4, 2015. Iwaskow sought insurance proceeds that he alleged he is entitled to under his policy’s underinsured motorist bodily injury coverage. On November 27, 2023, Safeco filed a Federal Rule of Evidence 702 motion seeking to exclude three opinions of Iwaskow’s retained medical expert, Jeffery Petersohn, namely,…
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Orthopaedic Surgery Expert Witness’ Testimony about the Severity of the Collision Admitted
A district judge in Nebraska admitted the testimony of an orthopedic spine surgeon despite lacking the required education, training and experience in physics, engineering, accident reconstruction or biomechanics. Plaintiffs, Lisa Rentz Johnson and George Johnson, have brought a personal injury lawsuit involving an accident between two tractor-trailers in a parking lot. Lisa alleged she sustained…
