title: [Liability of the medical expert (author's transl)].
abstract: The medical expert is not the guarantor of the individual he has examined and thus cannot be held liable for overlooking facts which are irrelevant as far as the fulfillment of his brief is concerned. In a verdict of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal German Constitutional Court; Art. 3, Art. 14 GG) the extent of the expert's liability in cases where basic laws have been infringed is indicated: he has to bear a portion of the responsibility for the verdict.
mesh_terms: D005104:Expert Testimony; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology
vernacular_title: Haftung des Gutachters?