Kentucky Appeals Panel: Expert Testimony Needed For Medical Negligence Claims

FRANKFORT, Ky. - The Kentucky Court of Appeals on Jan. 27 affirmed summary judgment for the defendant in a wrongful death case involving alleged medical malpractice of a medical center, concluding that the patient's family "failed to establish that the alleged negligence was so apparent that a layperson could recognize the malpractice" (Mark Lynn Hayes II, et al. v. Ashland Hospital Corp., No. 2010-CA-002113-MR, Ky. App.; 2012 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 84). Full story on lexis.com