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APPROPRIATE TEST CAUSATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Health Law
CONT

... the trial judge in the instant case applied the appropriate test of causation by asking himself whether the particular plaintiff at bar would have carried the fetus to term had she been fully apprised of the risks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

[...] le critère approprié de la causalité dans le présent cas ne consiste pas à se demander ce qu'aurait fait une «personne raisonnable» placée dans la même situation que A, mais bien ce que cette dernière aurait fait si elle avait été informée adéquatement des risques d'atteinte à son fœtus que comportait la varicelle.

Spanish

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