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Appeals panel questions whether forensic MRI reports qualify as §79G examinations in Son Trem case
Summary
Counsel disputed whether an MRI/SimonMed report prepared for litigation qualifies as an 'examination' under Mass. Gen. Laws c.233, §79G and whether the report’s lack of physician attestation justified exclusion; defense argued exclusion limited cross-examination in a close brain-injury case.
In 25P100, Son Trem v. Michael Shea and others, counsel debated whether an MRI report prepared by SimonMed and offered by the plaintiff should have been admitted under Massachusetts General Laws c.233, §79G.
Plaintiff counsel Andrew Abraham argued that an MRI and the radiologist’s interpretation constitute…
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