Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-09-04 21:06:04.483875+00
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ARTHUR      GROSS        AND       GLORIA                                                      NO.     2023       CW    0843

GROSS

VERSUS

THE    SPINE       HOSPITAL             OF                                                   SEPTEMBER 41              2023
LOUISIANA,             THE    NEUROMEDICAL
CENTER,       APMC       AND       SCOTT          W.
SOLEAU,       M. D.

In    Re:          Scott           W.     Soleau,              M. D.    and        The       NeuroMedical              Center,
                   APMC,           applying                for    supervisory                writs,        19th    Judicial

                   District              Court,              Parish          of     East        Baton        Rouge,         No.
                   6S2, 311.

             IT    GRANTED.                   The          district          court'      s    ruling        which       denied
defendants'              motion              to         qualify        Dr.         Nageeb       Thomas           and      which

disqualified                 him        from       testifying             in       this       matter        is    reversed.

See     Medine          v.    Roniger,                 2003- 3436 (          La.    7/ 2/ 04),         879       So. 2d    706,
712,        holding           that           medical             review        panelists             are     allowed           to

testify           on     behalf           of           a    party       as        paid       experts.             Moreover,

generally, bias does                          not          preclude     a party' s qualification as                            an

expert,  because  the                             potential            bias of    the witness   may                            be
explored          on     cross- examination.                           Pelts &           Skins        Export,       Ltd.       v.

State        of        Louisiana               through              the       Department              of     Wildlife &
Fisheries,             97- 2300 (            La.        App.     1st      Cir.      4/   1/ 99),       735       So. 2d    116,
writs       denied,           99- 2036,                99- 2042 (      La.     10/ 29/ 99),           748    So. 2d       1167,
1168.

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