Sentences with phrase «proper standard of care»

To win in a negligence lawsuit, your attorney must show the defendant did not exercise proper standard of care, this breach caused the accident, and the accident caused the motorcyclist's injuries.

Patients expect to receive timely and competent medical treatment from physicians able to deliver a proper standard of care.

Such medical negligence can cause severe injuries that are greater than would have occurred if they had upheld the proper standard of care.

This is because a doctor adhering to the proper standard of care would be able to identify the signs of appendicitis and treat the condition accordingly.

Medical malpractice is limited to an occurrence in which a healthcare provider does not deliver a proper standard of care or does not act in an acceptable manner.

Like a birth injury, a physician may be held liable for a birth defect if they failed to exercise the proper standard of care when treating the mother.

That is why most medical malpractice cases require the testimony of a medical expert who can explain to the jury what the proper standard of care should have been, and how it was breached.

Rather, whether the doctor has treated the patient with the proper standard of care and skill must be determined from the testimony of medical experts.

Jurors determined that the doctors failed to provide the proper standard of care.

Describes a medical accident where a patient has been harmed, not because of a complication which couldn't be avoided, but because a doctor or other healthcare professional has not given the proper standard of care.

Both the lower court and the Court of Appeal held that the split in liability of 25 per cent for the child and 75 per cent for the school under «occupiers» liability» was reasonable and imposed a proper standard of care on the school district.