Beattie v. Thomas

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• concluding that a district court abuses its discretion if it awards the full amount of attorney fees requested without making \findings based on evidence that the attorney's fees sought are reasonable and justified\
• concluding that a district court abuses its discretion if it awards the full amount of attorney fees requested without making \findings based on evidence that the attorney's fees sought are reasonable and justified\
• holding that the district court did not err by refusing to give appellant’s proffered instruction, which deviated from the traditional view that “the physician’s duty to disclose is measured by a professional medical standard, which the plaintiff must establish with expert testimony”
• holding that jury instructions \must be consistent with existing law\
• holding that jury instructions \must be consistent with existing law\
• noting that it is an abuse of discretion to award the full amount of requested attorney fees without making “findings based on evidence that the attorney’s fees sought are reasonable and justified”

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