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Williams v. Le

FILED status graphic: Williams v. Le. 071409 Williams v. Le 06/06/2008 In a wrongful death action arising from alleged medical malpractice, the trial court erred in instructing the jury on superseding intervening causation. This doctrine does not operate to exempt a defendant from liability if the purportedly intervening cause is put into operation by the defendant's wrongful act or omission. In this case it could not be said that defendant's alleged negligence did not contribute "in the slightest degree" to the death of plaintiff'…
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