Major v. Watson

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting plaintiff's reliance on the \loss of a chance\ doctrine expressed in Hicks v. United States, 368 F.2d 626 (4th Cir.1966
• refusing to shift the burden of proof to defendants in these cases
• in medical malpractice action, plaintiff must prove that defendant’s negligence caused the patient’s injury or loss
• no recovery based on loss of chance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).