· 4/3/1968
Brune v. Belinkoff
Citations
- 235 N.E.2d 793
- 354 Mass. 102
- 1968 Mass. LEXIS 773
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- rejecting the local community rule for the broader rule “whether the [dentist]. . . has exercised the degree of care and skill of the average qualified practitioner, taking into account the advances in the profession”
- general practitioner is held to the standard of care and skill of the average qualified practitioner, whereas a specialist is held to the standard of care of the average practitioner of the specialty
- enlarging physicians’ duty of care
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Wilkins, Spalding, Cutter, Kirk, Reardon
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