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· 11/9/1979

Walton v. Jones

Citations

  • 286 N.W.2d 710
  • 1979 Minn. LEXIS 1722

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[W]hen the causal relation issue is not one within the common knowledge of laymen, causation in fact cannot be determined- without expert testimony.”
  • “[W]hen the causal relation issue is not one within the common knowledge of laymen, causation in fact cannot be determined without expert testimony.”
  • “[E]xpert testimony in a medical malpractice case must be more than consistent with plaintiff’s theory of causation; the expert testimony must demonstrate a reasonable [p]robability that defendant’s negligence was the proximate cause of the injury.”

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Judges: Scott, Otis, Peterson, Kelly

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