Vachon v. Broadlawns Medical Foundation

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that decision of whether patient should be transferred for care to charity hospital, which was the only Level I full tertiary care center, or to private a hospital that was closer was part of \treatment\ of patient who developed compartment syndrome
• holding an instruction incorporating the honest mistake doctrine did not constitute reversible error; however, we found it prejudicial enough that in future trials the court should not give such an instruction in a malpractice case
• holding an instruction incorporating the honest mistake doctrine did not constitute reversible error; however, we found it prejudicial enough that in future trials the court should not give such an instruction in a malpractice case
• defining treatment broadly to cover “all the steps taken to effect a cure of an injury or disease”
• “The submission of instructions upon issues that have no support in the evidence is error.”
• “The submission of instructions upon issues that have no support in the evidence is error.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).