Section 2.15 Reports or Documents Prepared by the Expert

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It has been indicated that a deposition is the only way to obtain discovery concerning the expert’s opinion “coupled perhaps with a motion to produce the expert’s records.” Willis v. Brot, 652 S.W.2d 738, 740 (Mo. App. E.D. 1983). But see State ex rel. Whitacre v. Ladd, 701 S.W.2d 796 (Mo. App. E.D. 1985), questioning whether documents that would be helpful in impeaching an expert can properly be required produced at the expert’s deposition. Likewise, at least one case indicates that a party may not be entitled to require the reports of an expert to be produced at the expert’s deposition even if the expert is unable to remember the details of an...