(DOWNLOAD) "Tompkins v. Bise" by Supreme Court of Kansas * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Tompkins v. Bise
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 26, 1996
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by Patient filed a medical liability action against a medical doctor for alleged negligent treatment of a jaw injury. The jury found that the doctor was negligent and awarded damages. The medical doctor appealed the district court's admission of the expert testimony of a dentist who performed similar operations but was not licensed as a medical doctor. The Court of Appeals found that K.S.A. 60-3412 requires that an expert witness in a medical malpractice action be licensed in the same profession in which the defendant health care provider is licensed and reversed the district court in Tompkins v. Bise, 20 Kan. App. 2d 837, 893 P.2d 262 (1995). This court granted the patient's petition for review. Plaintiff William Tompkins was injured in a motorcycle accident on November 5, 1990. He suffered two fractures to his jaw, which were treated by Dr. Roger N. Bise. Bise had completed medical school, 5 years of surgical and plastic surgery training, and a 6-month fellowship in cranial maxillofacial surgery. He also had been a licensed dentist and had practiced dentistry in Kansas while attending medical school. At the time of trial Bise's Kansas dental license was inactive, though he was licensed to practice dentistry in Missouri.