What is the current state of the law on expert evidence in medical malpractice?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from International Hi-Tech Industries Inc. v. FANUC Robotics Canada Ltd., 2006 BCSC 2012 (CanLII):
Some of the most instructive cases on expert evidence originate in the criminal sphere. In Regina v. Marquard, practising physicians who did not have a special expertise in burns were permitted to testify that a child's injury was caused by a contact rather than a flame burn and it did not offend the expert opinion rule.
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