Weaver v. McKnight

Summary

The court held that the trial court abused its discretion by excluding two obstetricians' opinions that untreated gestational diabetes caused the stillbirth, because the record established their relevant experience and an adequate factual basis for their opinions. The court also held that the Appellate Court improperly conducted an unpreserved scientific-method analysis, and it ordered a new trial because the exclusion led directly to the directed verdict. On remand, the court ruled that the treating physician's opinion about the mother's gestational diabetes was admissible, the nurse's standard-of-care opinions were properly excluded, and cross-examination about an organizational censure was impermissible extrinsic evidence. No separate opinions were filed.