Sec. 23. A report of the expert opinion reached by the medical review panel is admissible as evidence in any action subsequently brought by the claimant in a court of law. However, the expert opinion is not conclusive, and either party, at the party's cost, has the right to call any member of the medical review panel as a witness. If called, a witness shall appear and testify.
Ind. Code § 34-18-10-23
Report of panel as evidence at trial; members as witnesses
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Griffin v. Foley (2008)
Most recently applied in Marigold Overshiner and Earl Overshiner, Individually and as Parents and Guardians of their Minor Daughter, Kaitlyn Overshiner v. Hendricks Regional Health and Ian Johnston, M.D. (February 2019)
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
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