I still don’t know how juries and judges are able to sort out all the expert testimony during sometimes highly nuanced malpractice cases:
Doctors and lawyers are rarely cross-trained in each other’s professions, posing a problem when crucial decisions need to be made that are beyond one’s specialty. Fear of litigation may prompt physicians to order excessive precautionary tests and procedures, while judges with no medical training must weigh the testimonies of competing experts.
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