022238P.pdf   03/10/2003  Linda Sosna  v.  H. B. Binnington
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-2238
   Eastern District of Missouri   
   Civil case - torts. In action for medical malpractice, district 
   court did not err when it limited scope of cross-examination 
   of defendant's expert as the questions went to the expert's 
   personal practices and not to the appropriate standard of 
   care; no error in admitting the testimony of an internist as 
   his research and practice qualified him to testify on proper 
   pre- and post-surgical treatment of patients with small-bowel 
   obstructions; when plaintiff opened topic on cross-examination 
   of defendant, the trial court did not err in permitting further 
   inquiry during re-direct; court did not err in admitting 
   autopsy report containing pathologist's opinions as to cause 
   of death as the autopsy was an admissible business record 
   under Rule 803(6).