Kentucky Supreme Court· 4/9/1992

Perkins v. Hausladen

Citations

828 S.W.2d 652
1992 Ky. LEXIS 53
1992 WL 71102

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observing that negligence typically cannot be anecdotally inferred from the existence of adverse results
explaining that when determining the “impossibil[ity] for the respondent to produce evidence” as recited in the summary judgment standard, “impossible” is used in a practical sense, not in an absolute sense
explaining that when determining the “impossibil[ity] for the respondent to produce evidence” as recited in the summary judgment standard, “impossible” is used in a practical sense, not in an absolute sense
noting that prior instances where use of the doctrine was permitted involved leaving a foreign object in a patient’s body during surgery or causing injury to a patient at a situs removed from where medical care was being provided
noting that prior instances where use of the doctrine was permitted involved leaving a foreign object in a patient’s body during surgery or causing injury to a patient at a situs removed from where medical care was being provided
“We accept that ‘impossible’ is used in a practical sense, not in an absolute sense.”

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Judges: Stephens, Combs, Lambert, Leibson, Reynolds, Wintersheimer, Spain

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