In a voir dire during a personal injury jury trial arising from a motor vehicle accident, the court ruled on the admissibility of expert evidence from three of the plaintiff's proposed medical experts.
The court permitted a chiropractor and an orthopedic surgeon to testify within their specific scopes of practice regarding musculoskeletal issues and trigger points, but precluded them from diagnosing the plaintiff's swallowing disorder (achalasia) or providing threshold opinions on that impairment.
A second chiropractor was entirely excluded from testifying due to clear bias, partisan methodology, and opining outside his area of expertise.
