· 3/27/2015
Drouhard-Nordhus v. Rosenquist
Citations
- 301 Kan. 618
- 345 P.3d 281
- 2015 Kan. LEXIS 216
How courts have described this case
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- holding that summary judgment was appropriate in a malpractice case when the plaintiff failed to provide evidence of causation
- affirming grant of summary judgment based on lack of causation where evidence of a cause-and-effect relationship between the radiologist's alleged negligent diagnosis and the patient's death was speculative
- affirming grant of summary judgment based on lack of causation where evidence of a cause-and-effect relationship between the radiologist's alleged negligent diagnosis and the patient's death was speculative
- affirming summary judgment against plaintiff’s medical malpractice claim because plaintiff “fail[ed] to come forward with evidence that the patient would not have died but for [defendant’s] alleged breach of the standard of care”
- finding generalized references to be speculative and inadequate to meet plaintiff's causation burden
- district court required to resolve all facts and inferences that may reasonably be drawn from the evidence in favor of nonmoving party
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Judges: Biles
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