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2.4-2 Use of Medical Records
Revised to January 1, 2008
In this case, some of the medical
evidence has been presented by doctors who testified, and some has been
presented in the form of written reports by doctors who treated the
plaintiff. There is a statute that provides that such written reports may
be used in court. That statute was enacted so that persons claiming injury
would not have to take doctors away from their medical duties in order to
testify in court. Since the use of reports rather than testimony in court
is permitted by this statute, you should not draw any unfavorable inference
from the plaintiff’s use of reports rather than live testimony of some
medical practitioners.
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