· 3/11/1986
Moore v. Preventive Medicine Medical Group, Inc.
Citations
- 178 Cal. App. 3d 728
- 223 Cal. Rptr. 859
- 1986 Cal. App. LEXIS 2693
How courts have described this case
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- holding that physician had duty to disclose all material information which would allow patient to make decision on whether or not to see specialist
- holding that physician had duty to disclose all material information which would allow patient to make decision on whether or not to see specialist
- a physician is under a duty to disclose all material information which would allow a patient to make a decision on whether to see a specialist
- erroneous submission of “proximate cause” instructions to the jury, as opposed to “legal cause,” was harmless because the jury was instructed on “legal cause” and returned a verdict using the language of legal, and not proximate, cause
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Judges: Johnson
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