TORT LAW

Tort Law

Tort Law

Negligence

Negligence is the most common civil suit filed against doctors. Liability for negligence will not be established except the following factors are found (Polan, and Polan, 2005): (a) the defendant must be obliged a duty to the plaintiff to work out care; (b) the defendant should violate the standard of care recognized by law for his/her behavior; (c) the plaintiff must undergo loss or injury as a consequence of this violation; (d) the conduct of the defendant should be the 'proximate cause' of the plaintiff's loss or injury.

In the case of Adderly v. Bremner (Picard, ...