Lattimore v. Dickey

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• concluding a doctor could not testify to the standard of care of the nursing staff at the hospital in a medical negligence case
• The standard of care in a California medical malpractice case must be shown by expert 8 testimony
• The standard of care in a California medical malpractice case must be shown 16 by expert testimony
• “The elements of the cause of action for 13 wrongful death are the tort (negligence or other wrongful act), the resulting death, and the 14 damages”
• “[W]here a medical specialist is alleged to have acted negligently, the ‘specialist must possess and use the learning, care and skill normally possessed and exercised by practitioners of that specialty under the same or similar circumstances.’” (citation omitted)
• “[W]here a medical specialist is alleged to 17 have acted negligently, the ‘specialist must possess and use the learning, care and skill normally possessed and exercised by practitioners of that specialty under the same or similar circumstances.’” (citation omitted)

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