Balan v. Horner

How courts have described this case

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

• holding a gynecologist was competent to testify as to the standard of care for general surgeons performing laparoscopies because the record supported the conclusion that there was a common standard of care with respect to basic laparoscopic procedures.
• finding a common standard of care between a gynecologist and general surgeon where the gynecologist had no experience or expertise in general surgery
• “It is settled law that a plaintiff cannot use evidence that a medical procedure had an unusual outcome to create an inference that the proper standard of care was not exercised.” (internal quotations and citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).