Opinion ID: 2305897
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Case Dismissed

Text: Dr. Larson, Kardos's sole expert on causation, was unavailable for trial. Therefore, his trial testimony was taken by videotaped deposition on February 20, 2009. As a result of this testimony, Dr. Harrison moved for judgment as a matter of law. The trial judge granted Dr. Harrison's motion and the trial was cancelled. The trial judge reasoned that Kardos was unable to prevail because [a]t no point was the doctor ever able to say ... what percentage or what Ms. Quinn would have been able towould have responded positively and how it would have benefited her and he was not able to, as a result, link the alleged negligence of Dr. Harrison to the ultimate death of Ms. Quinn. In other words, if Dr. Harrison had started therapy in December of 2005, he could not say that that therapy would have made any change and he called any effort to do so speculative.