Zueger v. Public Hospital District No. 2

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a medical malpractice claim based on an alleged decreased chance of survival should not be submitted to the jury in the absence of evidence of a “substantial reduction in the chance of survival”
• adopting the position of Justice Pearson in Herskovits, which was strongly influenced by King
• evidence must show a substantial reduction in the chance of survival
• confidential autopsy report may be admitted at trial court’s discretion
• confidential autopsy report may be admitted at trial court's discretion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).