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Determining Whether Medical Causation Is Established

What does this standard of proof mean, and how can we gain a better understanding of statistical analysis help to determine when the standard for proving medical causation has, and has not, been met?

25 minute read January 28, 2010 at 07:46 AM
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H. Thomas Watson
Determining Whether Medical Causation Is Established

To prove medical malpractice liability, the plaintiff must establish through competent expert testimony that, to a reasonable degree of medical probability, his or her injury was caused by the defendant's negligence.

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