Credit: utah51/Adobe Stock Only Plaintiff's Counsel Can Attend Defense-Ordered Neuropsych Exam, Pa. Court Rules
"If the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania deemed it appropriate or necessary for defense counsel to have a corresponding right to attend a Rule 4010 examination, it could have stated so," Judge Terrence Nealon said.
October 02, 2024 at 05:03 PM
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Civil Procedure
A Pennsylvania judge has shot down defense counsel's attempts to attend a neuropsychological examination that the defense had scheduled for a plaintiff in a medical malpractice lawsuit, finding that state law only explicitly allows plaintiff's counsel to attend such exams.
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