Rhymes v. Southern Cal. Permanente Medical Group CA4/1
INTRODUCTION Lashawnda Shanell Rhymes appeared at an arbitration hearing without any expert witnesses prepared to testify about her medical malpractice claim. Southern California Permanente Medical Group (Permanente) moved for a nonsuit asserting that an expert opinion was required to establish that its employee had acted in a manner that did not meet the standard of care. The arbitrator denied Rhymes’s oral request for a



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