Doe v. Zedek

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a physician's negligence need only be a proximate cause, not the proximate cause of plaintiff’s injury
• holding that where character of injury is subjective rather that objective, cause and extent of injury must be established by expert medical testimony
• noting that expert testimony is necessary for subjective injuries because they “may be inferred only from their symptoms”
• collecting cases holding that denial of motion for summary judgment is interlocutory and not final order
• collecting cases holding that denial of motion for summary judgment is interlocutory and not final order
• mental suffering and sense of helplessness are injuries subjective in nature and effect and must be established by expert medical testimony

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