IIn the case of Bostic v. About Women Ob/Gyn, P.C., the Virginia Supreme Court ruled, in a published opinion, in a med-mal suit to decide whether a baby’s Erb's Palsy was caused by a nurse's negligence or the natural propulsive forces of labor, that the trial judge erred in allowing defense counsel to use medical literature that had not been established as reliable authority by the defense's causation expert.
Anaylsis: This is relevant to the practice of domestic relations law because this issue comes up from time to time in domestic cases where expert witnesses are utilized by the parties.
-Rob Hagy