{"id":2907,"date":"2023-09-05T18:46:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T22:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/limine-defendant-doctor\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T15:30:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T19:30:15","slug":"limine-defendant-doctor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/professional-attorney-information-center\/pre-trial\/sample-motions\/sample-motions-in-limine\/limine-defendant-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Motion in Limine to Stop Defendant Doctor from Providing Expert Testimony Because He Was Named As a Fact Witness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note on this motion in limine<\/strong>: Defense counsel in malpractice cases often don’t like to name the defendant doctor as an expert. Why? It keeps the focus on the doctor’s conduct as opposed to the fact that the doctor went to medical school n some Caribbean island that none of us have ever heard of because they could not get into school here. Not naming the doctor as an expert keeps that evidence out.<\/p>\n

But, of course, they want the doctors to also supply expert opinions to defend themselves. So they try to have it both ways. The purpose of this motion in limine is to stop them.<\/p>\n

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HOWARD COUNTY<\/p>\n

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