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· 1/22/1976

Montana Deaconess Hospital v. Gratton

Citations

  • 545 P.2d 670
  • 169 Mont. 185

How courts have described this case

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

  • whether doctors breached the applicable standard of care in a medical malpractice suit required expert testimony
  • expert testimony required where “[t]he cause of an infection [was] not readily ascertainable by a layman”
  • “[t]he cause of an infection is not readily ascertainable by a layman”

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Judges: Haswell, Harrison, Castles, Daly

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