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Exclusion of HCLA expert based on locality rule affirmed.

Day on Torts

25, 2022), the patient underwent a hysterectomy at a hospital in Kingsport, Tennessee. After deposing Dr. Steege, defendants moved to exclude Dr. Steege on the basis that he was not competent to testify under Tenn. Merely being licensed in Tennessee or a bordering state is not enough if the expert cannot also meet the locality rule.

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