Russo v. Bratton’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc. · 643 So. 2d 1228 - Pfiffner v. Correa · 582 So. 2d 1272 - Martin v. East Jefferson General Hosp. · 498 So. 2d 713 - Hastings v. Baton Rouge General Hospital · 523 So. 2d 815 - Smith v. State Through Dept. HHR
Most-quoted passages
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“The jurisprudence has also recognized that there are situations in which expert testimony is not necessary. Expert testimony is not required where the physician does an obviously careless act, such as fracturing a leg during examination, amputating the wrong arm, dropping a knife, scalpel, or acid on a patient, or leaving a sponge in a patient's body, from which a lay person can infer negligence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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