Morinaga v. Vue

How courts have described this case

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

• noting need for expert testimony to show prudence of a practice and causation
• the regulations protect Medicaid patients “from being sterilized without being fully aware of the consequences and alternatives” and thus support negligence per se claim
• “In an action for medical negligence, a [health care provider] is entitled to summary judgment once [the provider] establishes the plaintiff lacks competent expert testimony.”
• only newly discovered evidence not available may be considered on motion for reconsideration
• \incompetent\ due to disability, although not declared \legally\ incompetent.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).