Jackson County Hosp. Corp. v. Aldrich

How courts have described this case

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• reversing a jury finding of reckless disregard in the emergency treatment of a burn victim because of insufficient evidence
• reversing and directing verdict for one defendant deemed partially at fault and affirming other defendant’s liability, remanded with direction to award all damages against remaining party at fault
• expert witness admitted that his survival-rate prediction was based upon people actually treated in major-burn institutions, unlike the decedent who had not been treated in a major-burn institution
• \The \more likely than not” standard is satisfied ... if a plaintiff presents evidence that establishes ... a fifty-one percent or better chance that [the injury] would not have occurred but for the actions or lack thereof of the medical care provider.”
• applying same standard of review to both
• applying same standard of review to both

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