Deposition transcripts from prior malpractice case admissible over hearsay objection, Daubert challenge.

Transcripts from a deposition in a prior medical malpractice lawsuit involving the same facts giving rise to the Georgia Composite Medical Board’s disciplinary action against Respondent, a surgeon, were admissible under a hearsay exception because the Board demonstrated that the witnesses were unavailable and Respondent had opportunity and similar motive to develop the deponents’ testimony by cross-examination. Respondent’s challenge to the deponents’ qualifications under Daubert failed because the deponents qualified as experts under the applicable rule.