United States Ninth Circuit
DOMINGO v. T.K., M.D., 00-15064
Where the general cause of injury is unknown in a surgical procedure, the fact that one element of that procedure was of an unusual duration alone will not support an expert witness's testimony that it was the cause of the injury.
Appellate Information
- Argued 05/17/2001
- Submitted 05/17/2001
- Decided 01/03/2002
- Published 01/03/2002
Judges
- Before B. FLETCHER, CANBY and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- John S. Edmunds,Edmunds, Maki, Verga & Thorn, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the plaintiffs-appellants-appellees., Edmund Burke and Patricia C. Aburano, Burke, Sakai, McPheeters, Bordner, Iwanaga & Estes, Honolulu, Hawaii; James Kawashima, Brian Y. Hiyane, Watanabe, Ing & Kawashima, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the defendants-appellees., James E. Duffy, Jr., Fujiyama, Duffy & Fujiyama, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the defendant-appellee-appellant.