context: . Morgan styled one of her claims "negligence" rather than "medical malpractice" and argues that this distinction affects whether expert medical testimony is necessary to prove proximate cause. We do not believe it does. The relevant question is whether a lay juror could, without the assistance of expert medical testimony, sort out the evidence of causation, not whether the claim is styled "medical malpractice."
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: requiring expert medical testimony to prove causation in an ordinary negligence case
citation_a.sentence: See Fox v. Brigham Young Univ., 2007 UT App 406, ¶ 23, 176 P.3d 446 (requiring expert medical testimony to prove causation in an ordinary negligence case); see also Cunningham v. Riverside Health Sys., Inc., 33 Kan.App.2d 1, 99 P.3d 133, 136 (2004) ("Whether a case is classified as ordinary negligence or medical malpractice is not determinative of whether expert testimony is required.").
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: "Whether a case is classified as ordinary negligence or medical malpractice is not determinative of whether expert testimony is required."
citation_b.sentence: See Fox v. Brigham Young Univ., 2007 UT App 406, ¶ 23, 176 P.3d 446 (requiring expert medical testimony to prove causation in an ordinary negligence case); see also Cunningham v. Riverside Health Sys., Inc., 33 Kan.App.2d 1, 99 P.3d 133, 136 (2004) ("Whether a case is classified as ordinary negligence or medical malpractice is not determinative of whether expert testimony is required.").