Supplemental Deposition of Med Mal Defendant Allowed On Limited Basis

In the medical malpractice case of Venosh v. Henzes, No. 11 - CV - 3058 (C.P. Lacka. Co. Jan. 18, 2018 Nealon, J.), the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas granted in part and denied in part a Plaintiff's motion to compel relative to requested additional discovery responses from, and a supplemental deposition of, a defendant doctor.

In this case, the Plaintiff attempted to secure the additional deposition of the doctor after the Plaintiff had certified the case for trial under a certification that all discovery had been completed.  The Plaintiff wished to depose the doctor on a written statement he had made to a health insurer relative ot an internal quality-of-care review of the treatment provided to the Plaintiff.

The court allowed the deposition but circumscribed the scope of the questioning to a very narrow issue.  The court noted that no prejudice was established relative to the additional discovery, particularly since the trial date was still nine months into the future.

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