If The Defense’s Experts Disagree With Each Other, Does That Help My Lawsuit?

by Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC on February 27, 2012

in Buffalo Injury Questions and Answers

Buffalo personal injury lawsuits may involve a number of experts.  Although these experts may come from a number of different fields, the expert most frequently relied on by the defense in personal injury lawsuits is a medical examiner who is hired by the defense to examine the injured person.  When the defense uses multiple experts, such as doctors with specialties in different fields, this occasionally leads to a difference of opinion among the defenses own experts.

Perhaps the most common area where a difference of opinion may occur among defense experts is when two doctors reach different conclusions regarding whether an injury was caused by the accident that gave rise to the lawsuit or what treatment is necessary for a specific injury.  While a discrepancy among the defense experts may be helpful to the injured person’s case because it helps undermine their overall credibility, it is not necessarily fatal to the defense.  A dispute between experts, even experts employed by the same party, is a matter that must be resolved by the trier of fact.  The trier of fact is free to discount the point of view of one of the experts. 

If you have suffered a personal injury and need advice, please feel free to call us at 716-542-5444.  We would be happy to assist you.

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