What are grounds for discrediting the testimony of a witness in a medical malpractice case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lord v. Colvin, Case No.: 15cv669-BEN(KSC) (S.D. Cal. 2016):
where those activities suggest some difficulty functioning, they may be grounds for discrediting the claimant's testimony to the extent that they contradict claims of a totally debilitating impairment. [Citation omitted.]" Molina v. Astrue, 674 F.3d 1104, 1112-1113 (9th Cir. 2012).
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