Toogood v. Rogal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 2003-05-29

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Justice NIGRO dissenting. Under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur as adopted by this Court, a medical malpractice plaintiff can proceed on a theory of negligence without expert testimony as to the standard of care or causation where: (a) the event is of the kind which ordinarily does not occur in the absence of negligence; (b) other resp…

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