SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
Citation: Shaw v. J.D. Irving Limited, 2011 NSSC 487
Date: 20111229
Docket: Pic No. 274457
Registry: Pictou
Between:
David Shaw
Plaintiff
v.
J.D. Irving Limited
Defendant
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice N.M. Scaravelli
Heard: December 29, 2011, in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Via Teleconference
Subject: Civil Procedure Rule 55.14—Treating physician narratives expressing expert opinion.
Summary: Motion by Defendant to redact portion of treating physician’s narrative expressing expert opinion, dated June 2005. Further motion to declare treating physician’s report, dated 2010, inadmissible.
Issue: Admissibility of treating physician narratives expressing expert opinion.
Result: The treating physician narrative of June 2005 expressing expert opinion is admissible. The treating physician’s report of June 2010 is inadmissible.
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