Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the court-appointed medical experts and the medical center had to be recused for bias because they had already prepared an earlier report.
Decisione estratta
Prior involvement alone does not create an appearance of bias when an additional expert opinion is ordered; the appealants concerns were unfounded.
Motivazione estratta
The experts were not asked to review their earlier opinion in light of the same record, but to address a new MRI finding and its possible traumatic significance. In these circumstances, no objective appearance of bias arises merely from prior participation.