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MEDICAL MISHAP [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Medical mishaps occasionally produce res ipsa situations. When a sponge was left behind in a patient's windpipe by a dental surgeon, ... res ipsa was invoked.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Il arrive que des accidents médicaux mettent en cause la maxime res ipsa loquitur. Ainsi, on a invoqué cette règle dans une affaire où un chirurgien dentaire avait laissé une éponge dans l'œsophage d'un patient [...]

OBS

Fiche terminologique en droit de la responsabilité délictuelle fournie par le Centre de traduction et de documentation juridique de l'Université d'Ottawa.

Spanish

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