McBride v. Houston County Health Care Authority et al

Filing 338

OPINION AND ORDER that defendant Rajendra Paladugu's 195 Motion to Exclude to the causation opinions of Robert Auerbach is denied for two reasons as further set out in the opinion and order. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 6/24/2015. (dmn, )

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, SOUTHERN DIVISION
COURTNEY McBRIDE,

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)
Plaintiff,
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v.
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HOUSTON COUNTY HEALTH CARE )
AUTHORITY d/b/a Southeast )
Alabama Medical Center,
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et al.,
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Defendants.
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CIVIL ACTION NO.
1:12cv1047-MHT
(WO)

OPINION AND ORDER
It is ORDERED that defendant Rajendra Paladugu’s
motion

to

exclude

the

causation

opinions

of

Robert

Auerbach (doc. no. 195) is denied for two reasons.
First,
subset
exclude

of

Paladugu’s

argument

defendant

Dinesh

(doc.

no.

199),

and

motion in an earlier opinion.

in

this

motion

Karumanchi’s
the

court

is

motion
denied

a
to

that

McBride v. Houston Cnty.

Health Care Auth., 2015 WL 3648995, at *1 (M.D. Ala.
2015) (Thompson, J.).

More importantly, because the

court considers Dr. Auerbach’s expert opinion and still

finds

in

companion

favor

of

Paladugu

summary-judgment

in

all

opinion,

respects
this

in

motion

exclude is moot.
DONE, this the 24th day of June, 2015.
/s/ Myron H. Thompson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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to