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  2. Maynard v West Midlands Regional HA - Wikipedia

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    Maynard v West Midlands Regional Health Authority [1] is an English tort law case concerning the Bolam test for professional negligence. [2]The patient presented with symptoms of tuberculosis but both the consultant physician and the consultant surgeon took the view that Hodgkin's disease, carcinoma, and sarcoidosis were also possibilities, the first of which if present would have required ...

  3. List of tort cases - Wikipedia

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    McDonald's coffee case: An American court case that became a cause célèbre for advocates of tort reform. A 79-year-old woman received third degree burns from spilled coffee purchased from the restaurant chain and sued to recover her costs.

  4. Medical malpractice in the United States - Wikipedia

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    More recent research from the same source has found that tort costs as a percentage of GDP dropped between 2001 and 2009, and are now at their lowest level since 1984. [27] Jury Verdict Research, a database of plaintiff and defense verdicts, says awards in medical liability cases increased 43 percent in 1999, from $700,000 to $1,000,000.

  5. Kawaauhau v. Geiger - Wikipedia

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    Kawaauhau v. Geiger, 523 U.S. 57 (1998), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that debt arising from a medical malpractice judgment, attributable to negligent or reckless conduct is dischargeable under the Bankruptcy Code. [1]

  6. Quasi-tort - Wikipedia

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    Quasi-tort is a legal term that is sometimes used to describe unusual tort actions, on the basis of a legal doctrine that some legal duty exists which cannot be classified strictly as negligence in a personal duty resulting in a tort nor as a contractual duty resulting in a breach of contract, but rather some other kind of duty recognizable by the law.

  7. Bolitho v City and Hackney HA - Wikipedia

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    Bolitho v. City and Hackney Health Authority [1996] 4 All ER 771 is an important English tort law case, on the standard of care required by medical specialists. It follows the Bolam test for professional negligence, and addresses the interaction with the concept of causation.

  8. Promoting Healthy Choices: Information vs. Convenience - HuffPost

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    This approach has been advocated by scholars in behavioral and health economics as a promising method by which to address non-optimal consumer choices, including financial and health related behaviors (Rebecca K. Ratner et al. 2008, Kelli K. Garcia 2007, Peter Kooreman and Henriette Prast 2007).

  9. Sentinel event - Wikipedia

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    Sentinel events can be caused by major mistakes and negligence on the part of a healthcare provider, and are closely investigated by healthcare regulatory authorities. Sentinel events are identified under The Joint Commission (TJC) accreditation policies to help aid in root cause analysis and to assist in development of preventive measures. The ...