Christus Health v. Dorriety

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the doctor’s direct testimony established a causal link between the defendant’s negligence and all subsequent medical care that the plaintiff received
• noting that the doctor was unequivocal in his testimony that all the charges resulted from the defendant’s negligence
• discussing evidence required to support award of pecuniary loss damages in wrongful-death case
• discussing evidence required to support award of pecuniary loss damages in wrongful-death case
• even though expert did not review medical bills, he testified that “but for” failures of hospital, none of patient’s subsequent medical care would have been necessary
• jury has significant discretion in determining pecuniary damages and is not necessarily limited by expert testimony

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).