Medical malpractice occurs when a medical professional is negligent either by acting or omitting to act and the professional negligence causes the treatment to fall below the standard of care used in the profession and the negligent treatment results in injury or death. For a medical malpractice case, a plaintiff must establish: 1) medical professional owed a duty of care to the patient 2) that duty was breached 3) the breach of duty caused an injury 4) damages resulted from the injury.
California Personal Injury
Personal Injury: Negligence
Standards of Care: Reasonable Person
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