Medical Evidence

A party who plans to offer a hospital record in evidence shall have the record in the clerk’s office twenty-four hours prior to trial. The judge holding the civil jury shall, at the opening session, order that all such records be available for inspection in the clerk’s office to any counsel of record under the supervision of the clerk. Counsel must recog- nize their responsibility to have medical testimony available when needed and shall, when neces- sary, subpoena medical witnesses to that end. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 290.)