Court Declines to Take Notice of Expert's Disciplinary Problems

LOS ANGELES - A California appellate panel reviewing a defense verdict has denied defendants-appellees' request that it take judicial notice of disciplinary proceedings against plaintiff's medical expert that included a seven-year ban on litigation support work. Dee v. PCS Property Management Inc., No. B186000 (Calif. Ct. App., 2nd Dist.).

The California Court of Appeal, Second District, on March 27 denied without comment the request by PCS Property Management to take judicial notice of the April 26, 2006 decision by the Medical Board of California suspend Gary Ordog, M.D., from the practice of medicine for 90 days and place him on …