What is the test for determining whether a jury verdict in a medical malpractice case is harmless?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Slaughter, F067401 (Cal. App. 2015):

instructs us to 'conduct a thorough examination of the record. If, at the end of that examination, the court cannot conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that the jury verdict would have been the same absent the error ... it should not find the error harmless.' [Citation.]" (People v. Mil (2012) 53 Cal.4th 400, 417.)

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