By Mike Nelson
Yes, but a recent decision from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals suggests there is a right and wrong way to do so.
In the fascinating case of Pace v. Swerdlow, the plaintiffs sued a medical expert that they themselves had retained in an underlying medical malpractice case. In the underlying case, the expert previously testified favorably for the plaintiffs, before dramatically reversing his opinion on the eve of the summary judgment hearing. While every state grants expert witnesses immunity from suits initiated by the opposing side, same-side (“friendly”) expert immunity remains an open question in many jurisdictions.
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