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WILMINGTON MEDICAL CENTER, INCORPORATED v. REDDEN

312 A.2d 625 (1973)

WILMINGTON MEDICAL CENTER, INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. Anna REDDEN, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Willie Redden, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

November 12, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney M. Layton and Jane R. Roth of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellant.

C. Waggaman Berl, Jr., Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellee.

CAREY and DUFFY, JJ., and QUILLEN, Chancellor, sitting.

DUFFY, Justice:

The determinative question in this appeal involves the admissibility of expert medical testimony in a malpractice action.

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At trial Wilmington Medical Center, Incorporated (defendant), offered Dr. Allen L. Davies to testify to the standard of care in hospital emergency room treatment. Plaintiff objected on the ground that Dr. Davies was not qualified to give such an opinion. After extensive testimony and a voir dire examination...

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