What is the standard of care standard in medical negligence cases?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Romero v. Fullerton Surgical Ctr., G056433 (Cal. App. 2019):
Medical negligence usually, but not always, requires expert testimony regarding the standard of care. The clichd examples of cases where expert testimony is unnecessary are those that involve leaving some piece of surgical equipment in the patient's body (see Gannon v. Elliot (1993) 19 Cal.App.4th 1, 6-7) or amputating the
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