102734P.pdf   07/07/2011  Manley Stowell  v.  Paul Huddleston, M.D.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  10-2734
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Arnold, Author, with Smith and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Torts. District court did not abuse its discretion by finding
   that plaintiff's medical expert was not qualified as he had no practical
   experience or knowledge of what is usually and customarily done by
   orthopedic surgeons in circumstances presented in plaintiff's case; nor did
   the court abuse its discretion by concluding that the expert could not cure
   this deficiency by relying on outside sources of information, such as
   medical journals and statistics; claim that plaintiff did not need to present
   expert testimony to establish a prima facie case under Minnesota law is
   rejected as plaintiff had to produce expert testimony to establish that the
   risk of blindness was one that the defendant had a duty to disclose.