Adams v. Richland Clinic, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that medical testimony is necessary to prove the first part of the test because medical training is needed to be knowledgeable about that aspect of the test
• in medical malpractice case, lack of informed consent requires expert testimony to define existence, nature of the risk and the likelihood of its occurrence
• informed consent doctrine does not place upon the physician a duty to explain all possible risks, but only those of a serious nature; the guide for disclosure is the test of materiality, which is an objective one, but incorporates the underlying concept of \patient sovereignty\
• informed consent doctrine does not place upon the physician a duty to explain all possible risks, but only those of a serious nature; the guide for disclosure is the test of materiality, which is an objective one, but incorporates the underlying concept of “patient sovereignty”

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