Can you bring a lawsuit for medical malpractice without having a medical expert testify that a doctor, nurse or other hospital employee made an error?
Yes but only in rare circumstances where the error is so obvious that a medical expert is not needed to tell a jury what standard of care applied to your treatment. An example of when an expert may not be needed is where a doctor operates on the wrong leg. The general rule is that a medical expert is needed to establish the standard of care, the deviation from the standard of care and whether the deviation a cause of your ultimate injury.
