Thornton v. CAMC, ETC.

How courts have described this case

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

• predicting that Vermont Supreme Court would recognize \loss of chance\ doctrine
• including Virginia as a jurisdiction that has adopted the “value of a chance” theory, citing Whitfield
• defendant’s negligent act or omission increased the risk and was a substantial factor in causing the ultimate injury
• appellate review must be limited to those issues which appear in the record
• appellate review must be limited to those issues which appear- in the record
• proving increased risk is sufficient to prove causation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).