Hamil v. Bashline

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 1978-10-05

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OPINION OF THE COURT POMEROY, Justice. The present appeal involves the degree of certainty required of expert medical testimony to establish, in a medical malpractice case, the causal relation between the harm suffered by a plaintiff-patient and the alleged negligence of a doctor or hospital in failing properly to diagnose and treat the plaintiff’s condition i…

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