SHAFFER v. LEO YANG

CA 09-568.

2010 Ark.App. 97

Johnny Mack SHAFFER et al, Appellants, v. LEO YANG, M.D, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division II.

Opinion Delivered February 3, 2010.


JOHN MAUZY PITTMAN, Judge.

This medical malpractice case requires us to decide whether a New York specialist physician's expert testimony that all obstetrician/gynecologist physicians in the United States are held to the same standard was sufficient evidence of the local standard of care in Hot Springs, Arkansas, when the expert admittedly knew nothing about Hot Springs, its medical community, or the type of medical services available there. The trial judge ruled...

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