Bowling v. Foster

How courts have described this case

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• affirming the grant of summary judgment to the defendant because the plaintiff failed to produce testimony from any doctor or expert that the defendant deviated from the standard of care
• affirming directed verdict for lack of a § 9-11-9.1 affidavit as to that portion of a medical malpractice action concerning a failure to reveal results of surgery, but reversing verdict concerning defendants’ affirmative misrepresentations
• even if plaintiff had proven negligence, plaintiff was also required to show causation with more than the mere possibility that more conservative care would have avoided surgery
• absent testimony from doctor or expert that defendant deviated from the standard of care, evidence insufficient to support a claim for medical malpractice
• “Negligence alone is insufficient to sustain recovery It must be proven that the injury complained of proximately resulted from a want of care or skill.”
• \[N]o expert testimony is required to establish that it is improper for physicians to defraud their clients.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).