Guebard v. Jabaay

How courts have described this case

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

• in malpractice action based on inadequacy of consent, plaintiff’s testimony regarding proximate causation is relevant
• If disclosure would have caused a reasonable person in the position of the patient to refuse the medical treatment, then a causal connection is shown.
• physician’s failure to conform to standard of care must be proven by expert evidence; absent such evidence, no liability
• physician's failure to conform to standard of care must be proven by expert evidence; absence such evidence, no liability
• there can be no liability absent proof by expert evidence of a failure to conform to the standard of care

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).