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· 11/19/1991

Dumas v. Cooney

Citations

  • 235 Cal. App. 3d 1593
  • 1 Cal. Rptr. 2d 584
  • 91 Daily Journal DAR 14350
  • 1991 Cal. App. LEXIS 1324

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  • rejecting the “lost chance” theory of recovery for 14 negligence and hold that the plaintiff could not recover wrongful life damages when it was not 15 more likely than not that the missed test would have discovered the abnormality

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