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· 2/19/1988

Wozniak v. Lipoff

Citations

  • 750 P.2d 971
  • 242 Kan. 583
  • 1988 Kan. LEXIS 32

How courts have described this case

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  • concerning expert medical testimony necessary to create a jury question whether a doctor's negligence caused a patient's suicide by prescription medication overdose
  • Proof of malpractice requires two evidentiary steps. It requires evidence as to the recognized standards of the medical community in the particular kind of case, and a showing that the health care provider in question negligently departed from the standard in treating the patient.
  • discussing physician’s duty of disclosure

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Judges: Herd, Miller, Holmes

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