Whelchel v. Solomon

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• holding plaintiff's vomiting, diarrhea, and appetite loss was not severe as a matter of law
• holding plaintiffs vomiting, diarrhea, and appetite loss was not severe as a matter of law
• where the character of an alleged injury is not objective, the cause and extent of the injury must be established by expert medical testimony
• “Where physical injury . . . is not obvious to laymen, its existence may not be demonstrated solely by complaints of the alleged victim, but must also be substantiated by expert medical testimony.”
• because the purpose of a statute regulating the licensing of nurses was to secure the safety and welfare of the general public, individual who was injured by an unlicensed nurse had no private right of action based on violation of the statute

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