What is the test for determining the credibility of an expert's testimony at a medical malpractice hearing?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Carroll, B267822 (Cal. App. 2017):

at the hearing. The trial court discredited the expert's testimony, however. We must defer to that credibility determination. (People v. Ochoa (1993) 6 Cal.4th 1199, 1206 ["'it is the exclusive province of the trial judge or jury to determine the credibility of a witness'"].)

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