· 8/16/1982
Townsend v. Kiracoff
Citations
- 545 F. Supp. 465
- 1982 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14298
How courts have described this case
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- stating that a hospital may be liable for negligence when it fails to take some “necessary cautionary measure”
- in a medical malpractice action, plaintiff entitled to prove that entire community’s custom was negligent
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Judges: Kane
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