Ross v. Olson

How courts have described this case

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

• stating “[t]o establish the applicable standard of care and to show a breach of that standard, a plaintiff [in a medical malpractice action] must generally offer expert testimony”
• affirming the trial court's decision to refuse a res ipsa loquitur instruction because there was direct evidence of causation, i.e. that the injury was a known complication of surgery
• “Because medicine is an inexact science, an inference of negligence will not arise simply because there is a bad result without proof of some negligent act.”
• “Because medicine is an inexact science, an inference of negligence will not arise simply because there is a bad result without proof of some negligent act.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Christine Maroules v. Jumbo, Inc. And James E. Windsor
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-06-20· cited 40×
• Irmscher Suppliers, Inc. v. Schuler
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-07-22· cited 21×
• Anonymous Hospital, Inc. v. Jane Doe, Indiana Dept. of Insurance
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2013-07-30· cited 13×
• Ashley T. Tucker v. Michelle R. Harrison, M.D.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-08-22· cited 9×
• Cindy and Ron Glon v. Memorial Hospital of South Bend, Inc. and/or its Employees and agents
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-09-14· cited 2×
• Maroules, Christine v. Jumbo Incorporated
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-06-20
• Arlington South Vet Clinic v. Kimberly Zimmerman (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2019-11-15
• Kiera Isgrig v. Trustees of Indiana University
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2025-04-22

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kranda v. Houser-Norborg Medical Corp.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1981-05-05· cited 66×
• Wright v. Carter
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1993-10-26· cited 46×
• Armstrong v. Cerestar USA, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2002-09-17· cited 46×
• Gold v. Ishak
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1999-12-15· cited 27×
• Klinger v. CAYLOR
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1971-03-25· cited 23×
• Boston v. Gyn, Ltd.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-04-08· cited 22×
• K-Mart Corp. v. Gipson
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1990-12-13· cited 19×
• Narducci v. Tedrow
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2000-10-30· cited 18×
• Widmeyer v. Faulk
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1993-05-04· cited 10×
• Dorsey v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-02-09· cited 10×