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· 6/18/1974

Vanvooren v. John E. Fogarty Memorial Hospital

Citations

  • 321 A.2d 100
  • 113 R.I. 331
  • 1974 R.I. LEXIS 1183

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that, to avoid being liable for negligence, “one must act as a reasonably prudent [person] would under the circumstances”
  • holding that, to avoid being liable for negligence, \one must act as a reasonably prudent [person] would under the circumstances\
  • citing, Barratt v. Burlingham, 492 A.2d 1219 , 1222 (R.I. 1985)

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Judges: Paolino, Joslin, Kelleher, Doris, Roberts

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