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CHERRY v. MAGGIE LOUISE HARRELL" ], "opinions": [ { "text": "GREENE, Judge.\nThis is a personal injury suit arising from an automobile accident. At trial, the evidence tended to show that, on 19 September 1981, defendant Harrell\u2019s car struck the car in which plaintiff Maude Cherry was a passenger. During treatment at a hospital emergency room, plaintiff tested positive in response to a standard \u201cstraight-leg-raising\u201d test. Such positive response indicates a protruded or ruptured disk. On 28 September 1981, plaintiff consulted her family physician who determined she had muscle strain in her neck and upper back. Plaintiff continued to complain of back pain and saw her family physician on several other occasions until January 1982. Because of her continuing back problems, plaintiff was referred to Dr. Robert Appert, an orthopedic surgeon. Plaintiff first saw Dr. Appert on 6 January 1982. During this first visit, plaintiff complained primarily of neck pain. She told Dr. Appert of her automobile accident and stated her pain began about two days after the accident. Plaintiff first mentioned her back pain to Dr. Appert on 9 February 1982. Dr. Appert x-rayed plaintiffs back and diagnosed her condition as chronic L-4 disk disease.\nIn May 1982, Dr. Appert gave plaintiff a straight-leg-raising test and found no apparent ruptured disk. On 30 November 1982, plaintiff again complained of back pain. Dr. Appert conducted another straight-leg-raising test which also proved negative. On 25 January 1983, Dr. Appert indicated no further treatment was necessary. Plaintiff subsequently received ten chiropractic treatments after 25 January 1983. On 18 March 1983, plaintiff consulted Dr. Appert again. On 14 June 1983, Dr. Appert conducted a myelogram which disclosed a probable herniated disk. Spinal surgery was performed which confirmed the herniated disk.\nDr. Appert\u2019s deposition revealed the following testimony on the cause of plaintiff\u2019s herniated disk:\nQ. Now, was this ruptured disk related to her\u2014her automobile collision of September 18th [sic], 1981?\nA. It is my impression that her back problems are related to the accident that she was involved in in 1981.\n* * *\nQ. Now, based on your examination of Ms. Cherry, have you an opinion as to what most likely caused her herniated disk?\nA. The assumption that I have to make as a physician is that if she is not complaining of back discomfort previous to the time that I saw her in January of 1982, and has the onset of back pain following that that continues on for a year and a half, I have to look for an event in time.\nAnd the only event in time I can find, in taking care of this patient, is an automobile accident.\n* * *\nQ. Doctor, we\u2019ve talked about possibilities, but based on your examinations, what is most likely to have happened to Ms. Maude Exum Cherry in this incident, based on the factors, to your knowledge?\nA. Well, I\u2019d have to look at it in temporal sequence. I see a lady or a patient in the office who is complaining of back pain temporally related to an automobile accident that occurred in the same period of time, and it never got better.\nIf she\u2019d fallen down the stairs, then I\u2019d have a choice. Well, was it the automobile accident or falling down the stairs? I have no alternative but to believe the patient. She relates it to an event in time, and that\u2019s what I have to base my judgment on, since that\u2019s the only, quote, \u201cexertion\u201d around that time, when the back pain started was an automobile accident. So I have to relate it to that.\nAt the deposition, defendant objected to all of the questions above and subsequently moved to strike them at trial. The court sustained the objections to the questions and allowed defendant\u2019s motion to strike all the answers.\nOn cross-examination, Dr. Appert also testified as follows:\nQ. And would you agree, Doctor, that \u2014that her ruptured or herniated disk that you found could just have easily have been caused by one of these other strenuous activities as by the accident in September 1981?\nA. It could be caused by any event, as well as an overload on the spine.\nThe jury found the defendant negligent and awarded plaintiff $7,917.00. Plaintiff William E. Cherry, husband of Maude Exum Cherry, had claimed loss of consortium arising from his wife\u2019s injuries. The jury found against William E. Cherry on this claim.\nPlaintiffs appeal.\nThe Court must consider whether the trial court properly excluded Dr. Appert\u2019s opinion: (1) for Dr. Appert\u2019s failure to state his opinion was \u201creasonably probable\u201d or (2) for any other reason?\nI\nExclusion of Dr. Appert\u2019s expert opinion was crucial for plaintiff since our courts have long held the cause of back injuries can only be established by expert medical testimony. E.g., Gillikin v. Burbage, 263 N.C. 317, 325, 139 S.E. 2d 753, 760 (1965); accord, Click v. Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc., 300 N.C. 164, 168, 265 S.E. 2d 389, 391 (1980).\nIn her appeal, plaintiff contends Dr. Appert\u2019s testimony was competent expert opinion admissible under N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 8C-1, Rules 702-705 (1984). Rule 702 states that:\nIf scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion, [emphasis added]\nSimply put, \u201cunder Rule . . . 702, opinions must be helpful to the trier of fact . . . .\u201d N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 8C-1, Rule 704 advisory committee note. Rule 703 states:\nThe facts or data in the particular case upon which an expert bases an opinion or inference may be those perceived by or made known to him at or before the hearing. If of a type reasonably relied upon by experts in the particular field in forming opinions or inferences upon the subject, the facts or data need not be admissible in evidence.\nRule 704 simply states, \u201cTestimony in the form of an opinion or inference is not objectionable because it embraces an ultimate issue to be decided by the trier of fact.\u201d Finally, Rule 705 states in part:\nThe expert may testify in terms of opinion or inference and give his reasons therefor without prior disclosure of the underlying facts or data, unless an adverse party requests otherwise, in which event the expert will be required to disclose such underlying facts or data on direct examination or voir dire before stating the opinion. The expert may in any event be required to disclose the underlying facts or data on cross-examination.\nDefendant contends the above-mentioned Rules are irrelevant in this instance and argues the trial court properly struck Dr. Ap-pert\u2019s testimony as inadmissible on the ground that neither the questions presented to Dr. Appert nor his answers stated it was \u201creasonably probable\u201d that plaintiffs accident \u201ccould have\u201d caused her ruptured disk. In Lockwood v. McCaskill, 262 N.C. 663, 668-69, 138 S.E. 2d 541, 545 (1964), our Supreme Court stated:\n\u201cIf the opinion asked for is one relating to cause and effect, the witness should be asked whether in his opinion a particular event or condition could or might have produced the result in question, not whether it did produce such a result.\u201d Stansbury: North Carolina Evidence (2d Ed.), sec. 137, p. 332. (Emphasis ours.) The \u201ccould\u201d or \u201cmight\u201d as used by Stansbury refers to probability and not mere possibility. It is contemplated that the answer of the expert will be based on scientific knowledge and professional experience, [citations omitted]. . . . The expert may express the opinion that a particular cause \u201ccould\u201d or \u201cmight\u201d have produced the result\u2014indicating that the result is capable of proceeding from the particular cause as a scientific fact, ie., reasonable probability in the particular scientific field, [emphasis added].\nEchoing Lockwood, the Court rejected a claim in Gillikin that a back injury was caused by a prior accident since there was \u201cnot a scintilla of medical evidence that plaintiffs ruptured disk might, with reasonable probability, have resulted from the accident . . . 263 N.C. at 324, 139 S.E. 2d at 759 (emphasis added). It is clear Dr. Appert\u2019s testimony was not expressly qualified by the Lockwood formula of \u201creasonable probability.\u201d Instead, Dr. Ap-pert testified in part that: (1) his impression was that the accident and injury were \u201crelated\u201d; (2) when asked what \u201cmost likely\u201d caused plaintiffs ruptured disk, he stated the only \u201cevent in time\u201d he could find was the automobile accident; (3) when asked what \u201cmost likely happened\u201d to plaintiff, he again responded that, based on what plaintiff told him, he would have to relate the injury to the accident.\nAt the time of Lockwood and Gillikin, expert testimony on ultimate issues was prohibited. Experts could neither indulge in baseless conjecture, Lockwood, 262 N.C. at 667, 138 S.E. 2d at 544-45, nor could they testify with outright certainty since that would supposedly invade the \u201cprovince of the jury.\u201d Thus evolved the formulation that the expert testify it was \u201creasonably probable\u201d that an accident \u201ccould have\u201d or \u201cmight have\u201d caused plaintiffs injury. See Lockwood, 262 N.C. at 668, 138 S.E. 2d at 545. In Lockwood, our Supreme Court based its formula in part on Stansbury\u2019s North Carolina Evidence. Later editions of that work made the following note:\nIn Lockwood v. McCaskill [citation omitted], . . . the Court held that to be admissible, medical causation testimony must indicate a reasonable scientific probability that the stated cause produced the stated result. . . . This seems to confuse admissibility with sufficiency, and it is to be hoped that no attempt will be made to follow it.\nStansbury, North Carolina Evidence, Sec. 137, p. 108 n. 67a (2d ed. Supp. 1970) (emphasis added).\nDean Brandis has summarized the dilemma as follows:\nLockwood v. McCaskill [citation omitted] interpreted literally, created a dilemma \u2014i.e., \u201ccould or might\u201d was not positive enough to justify a finding, but no more positive opinion was admissible. In practice, the dilemma was resolved by treating \u201ccould or might\u201d as sufficient, though the questions were frequently embroidered by such phrases as \u201cto a reasonable degree of medical certainty.\u201d [citations omitted] . . . [Positive causation testimony ordinarily will settle the matter of sufficiency, provided it is not inherently incredible.\n1 H. Brandis, Brandis on North Carolina Evidence, Sec. 137, p. 549 n. 57 (2d Rev. Ed. 1982) (emphasis added).\nWith the adoption of Rule 704, expert testimony was no longer \u201cobjectionable\u201d though it embraced \u201can ultimate issue to be decided by the trier of fact.\u201d Consequently, our Supreme Court has cited Rule 704 in specifically rejecting the requirement of \u201ccould\u201d or \u201cmight\u201d phraseology. State v. Smith, 315 N.C. 76, 100, 337 S.E. 2d 833, 849 (1985). Even prior to the new Rules, there were several exceptions to the Lockwood requirement that experts could only state their opinions to a \u201creasonable medical certainty.\u201d E.g., Kennedy v. Martin Marietta Chemicals, 34 N.C. App. 177, 181, 237 S.E. 2d 542, 545 (1977); see generally 1 H. Brandis, supra, sec. 137, p. 549 n. 56 (2d rev. ed. 1982 & Cum. Supp. 1986) (collecting cases).\nIn short, the \u201ccould\u201d or \u201cmight\u201d formula circumvented the prohibition against ultimate issue testimony. \u201cReasonable probability\u201d was employed to increase the degree of certainty allowed within the confines of the Lockwood formula. However, once the absolute prohibition on ultimate issue testimony is lifted, there is clearly no rationale for such limits on expert testimony. Thus, we hold Dr. Appert\u2019s testimony was not inadmissible for failure to state it was based on \u201creasonable medical probability.\u201d\nThe touchtone issue governing the admissibility of Dr. Ap-pert\u2019s expert opinion is instead Rule 702: did Dr. Appert\u2019s testimony on causation assist the jury\u2019s understanding of the evidence or determination of a fact in issue? While it is true Dr. Appert elsewhere stated events other than plaintiffs 1981 car accident could have caused her ruptured disk, such testimony does not render his opinion of no \u201cassistance\u201d to the jury. Dr. Appert clearly testified that, based on the facts and data available to him, the event which \u201cmost likely\u201d caused the ruptured disk was plaintiffs car accident. We note that the Smith Court admitted unqualified testimony that a penis caused the victim\u2019s injuries in that case; however, the Court noted parenthetically that, on cross-examination, the expert had conceded the injuries could have been caused by some other object of the same size and shape. 315 N.C. at 100, 337 S.E. 2d at 849; see also Largent v. Acuff 69 N.C. App. 439, 443, 317 S.E. 2d 111, 113, disc. rev. denied, 312 N.C. 83, 321 S.E. 2d 896 (1984) (stating one factor \u201cquite likely\u201d caused injury held sufficient). Accordingly, while the existence of other possible causes of plaintiffs ruptured disk might reduce the weight accorded Dr. Appert\u2019s opinion, we hold such other possibilities do not alone render his opinion inadmissible.\nWhile baseless speculation can never \u201cassist\u201d the jury under Rule 702 and is therefore inadmissible, an expert need not reveal the basis of his opinion absent a specific request by opposing counsel under N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 8C-1, Rule 705. Under Rule 705, opposing counsel can challenge the basis of the expert\u2019s opinion by request or through voir dire or cross-examination. Id. The bases of Dr. Appert\u2019s medical opinion were clearly revealed during his direct examination and cross-examination.\nFirst, Dr. Appert\u2019s opinion was based on his own personal diagnosis and treatment of plaintiff. N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 8C-1, Rule 703 states that an expert may base his or her opinion on facts and data perceived before trial. Dr. Appert\u2019s diagnosis and treatment of plaintiffs injuries constitutes a pre-trial personal perception upon which he was entitled to base his opinion pursuant to Rule 703. Second, Dr. Appert stated that his opinion was based on plaintiffs own statements made to Dr. Appert during the course of plaintiffs treatment. Prior to adoption of Rule 703, the Supreme Court ruled in State v. Wade, 296 N.C. 454, 462, 251 S.E. 2d 407, 412 (1979) that:\nA physician, as an expert witness, may give his opinion, including a diagnosis, based either on personal knowledge or observation or on information supplied him by others, including the patient, if such information is inherently reliable even though it is not independently admissible into evidence .... [emphasis added]\nStatements made by a patient to his or her physician for purposes of treatment are \u201cinherently reliable\u201d within the meaning of the rule enunciated in Wade. Id. at 463, 251 S.E. 2d at 412; Booker v. Duke Medical Center, 297 N.C. 458, 479, 256 S.E. 2d 189, 202 (1979). In State v. Gary, 78 N.C. App. 29, 38, 337 S.E. 2d 70, 76, disc. rev. denied, 316 N.C. 197, 341 S.E. 2d 586 (1986), we assumed the \u201creasonably relied upon\u201d standard of Rule 703 is equivalent to the \u201cinherently reliable\u201d standard enunciated in Wade. Plaintiffs statements made to Dr. Appert for the purpose of treatment were adequate to support his opinion as a statement \u201creasonably relied upon by experts in the particular field\u201d under Rule 703.\nThus, Dr. Appert\u2019s opinion on causation was adequately based both on his treatment of plaintiff and on statements plaintiff made to him for the purpose of treatment. As defendant failed to demonstrate Dr. Appert\u2019s opinions were so baseless they could not help the jury\u2019s determinations under Rule 702, Dr. Appert\u2019s opinions on causation should have been admitted. The doctor\u2019s opinions were certainly not \u201cinherently incredible.\u201d See 1 H. Brandis, supra, Sec. 137, p. 549 n. 57.\nII\nPlaintiffs husband, William E. Cherry, alleged he lost the consortium of his wife as a result of defendant\u2019s negligence in this case. The consortium issue was appropriately submitted to the jury which specifically found that defendant\u2019s negligence did not proximately cause plaintiff William E. Cherry to lose the consortium of his wife. As the trial court inappropriately excluded the testimony of Dr. Appert on causation, plaintiffs husband argues on appeal that this exclusion prejudiced the jury on the issue of lost consortium. As neither plaintiff has made any argument nor pointed to any facts showing why the trial court\u2019s evidentiary rulings prejudiced the consortium claim, we decline to overturn the jury\u2019s verdict on this issue.\nIll\nPlaintiff Maude Cherry is entitled to a new trial of her negligence claim. We find no error with respect to plaintiff William E. Cherry\u2019s claim of lost consortium.\nAffirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.\nJudge JOHNSON concurs.\nChief Judge Hedrick concurs in the result.", "type": "majority", "author": "GREENE, Judge." } ], "attorneys": [ "Hopkins and Allen, by Jesse Matthewson Baker, for plaintiff-appellant Maude E. Cherry.", "Evans and Lawrence, by Antonia E. Lawrence, for plaintiff-appellant William E. Cherry.", "Don Evans for defendant-appellee." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "MAUDE EXUM CHERRY, and WILLIAM E. CHERRY v. MAGGIE LOUISE HARRELL\nNo. 867SC703\n(Filed 17 March 1987)\nEvidence \u00a7 50.2 \u2014 expert medical testimony \u2014 cause of injury \u2014 testimony helpful to jury and admissible\nIn an action to recover for personal injuries allegedly sustained in an automobile accident, a medical expert\u2019s testimony was not inadmissible for failure to state that it was based on \u201creasonable medical probability\u201d; rather, the expert opinion testimony on causation was admissible if it assisted the jury\u2019s understanding of the evidence or determination of a fact in issue. In this case, the expert\u2019s opinion on causation was adequately based both on his treatment of plaintiff and on statements plaintiff made to him for the purpose of treatment so that the opinion testimony would have been helpful to the jury and it should have been admitted. N.C.G.S. 8C-1, Rules 702-05.\nAppeal by plaintiffs Maude Exum Cherry and William E. Cherry from Fountain, Judge. Judgment entered 25 September 1985. Heard in the Court of Appeals 10 December 1986.\nHopkins and Allen, by Jesse Matthewson Baker, for plaintiff-appellant Maude E. Cherry.\nEvans and Lawrence, by Antonia E. Lawrence, for plaintiff-appellant William E. Cherry.\nDon Evans for defendant-appellee." }, "file_name": "0598-01", "first_page_order": 626, "last_page_order": 634 }