565 So. 2d 134 - Bates v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “"We need not address the `medical expert' issue, because we have reviewed the record and cannot find any evidence that Dr. Meyer did, or failed to do, anything that caused any injury to Mr. Bates. Admittedly, there was some confusion when Dr. Bennett informed Mr. Bates that his biopsy had been lost, but apparently he was unaware that the biopsy had been sent to Dr. Koopman for rheumatoid arthritis analysis. In any event, that confusion does not rise to the level of medical malpractice. It is indeed unfortunate that Bates elected to undergo another biopsy only to find out that the results were still inconclusive; however, the existence of an unfortunate result does not raise an inference of culpability. [Citation omitted.]"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rudolph v. Lindsay

2. “"Q. Are you familiar with the appropriate standard of care and skill that reasonably competent physicians and surgeons in the national medical community would ordinarily exercise when acting under the same or similar circumstances for the treatment and care given to Mr. Pruitt by Dr. Zeiger on this occasion that you have made reference to earlier?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pruitt v. Zeiger

3. “[i]n exercising, accessing, and treating Emmett C. Bates, [he] exercised that degree of care, skill, and diligence, which is ordinarily possessed and used by physicians in the national medical community in the same general line of practice under similar circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rudolph v. Lindsay