Rooney v. Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• finding error in use of \best judgment\ and \mere error of judgment\ instruction since statutorily-defined standard of care is stated in objective terms
• approving instruc- tion stating that a doctor does not “guarantee a good result”
• “Any course of conduct, regardless of its efficacy or the availability of other options, which is in accordance with the applicable standard of care is not negligence.”

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