Morrison v. MacNamara

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the standard of care of health care professionals is that degree of care reasonably expected of other medical professionals with similar skills acting under the same or similar circumstances
• requiring that plaintiff establish a national, rather than a local standard of care
• noting that the standard of care of health care professionals is that degree of care reasonably expected of other medical professionals with similar skills acting under the same or similar circumstances
• “[T]he evidence must show that the plaintiff possessed full comprehension and appreciation of the danger.”
• “The law of negligence . . . requires an adherence to a uniform standard of conduct: that of reasonable care under the circumstances.” (emphasis added)
• “[A] lawyer must exercise that degree of reasonable care and skill expected of lawyers acting under similar circumstances.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).