DeMoss v. Hamilton

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he question is which conduct is relevant to the cause of action.”
• the plaintiff’s failure to stop smoking, have regular follow-up examinations, lose weight, and begin an exercise program after a heart attack provided the occasion for medical treatment, but was irrelevant to the question of defendant’s medical negligence
• the plaintiff’s failure to stop smoking, have regular follow-up examinations, lose weight, and begin an exercise program after a heart attack provided the occasion for medical treatment, but was irrelevant to the question of defendant’s medical negligence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).