Taylor v. Hanner’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “'One cannot reasonably argue that the Defendant would not have sought and been entitled to a directed verdict [now, a JML] in his favor had the Plaintiff failed to present substantial evidence of the statutorily defined breach of duty by the Defendant. Thus, the so-called level playing field that our system of justice must provide mandates [that] the Plaintiff [be] entitled to a 'partial [JML]' where the Defense fails to rebut a showing by the Plaintiff by substantial evidence that the Defendant breached his medico-legal duty to his patient, in this case, the Plaintiff's decedent.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ansley v. Inmed Grp., Inc.