context: Because Dr. Schwartz-Watts and Dr. Morgan relied on this report, they were permitted to testify about it as a basis for their opinion.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: psychiatrist who did not personally examine the defendant was permitted to render an opinion based on reports prepared by others who examined the defendant but did not testify at trial
citation_a.sentence: See State v. Franklin, 318 S.C. 47, 456 S.E.2d 357, cert. denied, 516 U.S. 856, 116 S.Ct. 160, 133 L.Ed.2d 103 (1995) (psychiatrist who did not personally examine the defendant was permitted to render an opinion based on reports prepared by others who examined the defendant but did not testify at trial); see also Ellis v. Oliver, 323 S.C. 121, 473 S.E.2d 793 (1996) (in medical malpractice case, plaintiffs experts properly permitted to testify concerning their opinions which were based in part on hearsay statements contained in plaintiffs medical records and on deposition testimony by medical professionals in a separate action); Creed v. City of Columbia, 310 S.C. 342, 426 S.E.2d 785 (1993) (plaintiffs treating physician permitted to render opinion concerning plaintiffs mental and emotional injuries where physician relied on tests and a report issued by a non-testifying neuropsychologist); Howie v. PYA/Monarch, Inc., 288 S.C. 586, 344 S.E.2d 157 (Ct.App.1986) (plaintiffs psychologist permitted to render expert opinion even though opinion was based in part on inadmissible hearsay gathered from plaintiff and her family given the information was not being offered for the truth of the matters asserted, but rather, as one of the bases of the expert’s opinion).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: plaintiffs psychologist permitted to render expert opinion even though opinion was based in part on inadmissible hearsay gathered from plaintiff and her family given the information was not being offered for the truth of the matters asserted, but rather, as one of the bases of the expert's opinion
citation_b.sentence: See State v. Franklin, 318 S.C. 47, 456 S.E.2d 357, cert. denied, 516 U.S. 856, 116 S.Ct. 160, 133 L.Ed.2d 103 (1995) (psychiatrist who did not personally examine the defendant was permitted to render an opinion based on reports prepared by others who examined the defendant but did not testify at trial); see also Ellis v. Oliver, 323 S.C. 121, 473 S.E.2d 793 (1996) (in medical malpractice case, plaintiffs experts properly permitted to testify concerning their opinions which were based in part on hearsay statements contained in plaintiffs medical records and on deposition testimony by medical professionals in a separate action); Creed v. City of Columbia, 310 S.C. 342, 426 S.E.2d 785 (1993) (plaintiffs treating physician permitted to render opinion concerning plaintiffs mental and emotional injuries where physician relied on tests and a report issued by a non-testifying neuropsychologist); Howie v. PYA/Monarch, Inc., 288 S.C. 586, 344 S.E.2d 157 (Ct.App.1986) (plaintiffs psychologist permitted to render expert opinion even though opinion was based in part on inadmissible hearsay gathered from plaintiff and her family given the information was not being offered for the truth of the matters asserted, but rather, as one of the bases of the expert’s opinion).