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ordinary negligence standard

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ordinary negligence standard
Malpractice A standard of Pt care, based on a deviation from 'reasonableness', rather than a standard of care accepted by one's peers. See Contributory negligence, Negligence.


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2d 360 (holding that liability could lie under an ordinary negligence standard where two gym coaches failed to notice 30 students gathered around a 10-minute "slap fight," even though both coaches were in the gymnasium at the time).
Finally, several courts have adopted an approach that might be labeled as a middle ground, based on the ordinary negligence standard.
147) The latest of the randomized controlled trials documenting EFM's inefficacy and its correlation to an increased risk of cesarean section,(148) combined with the increasing frequency with which courts apply an ordinary negligence standard of care, increase a plaintiff's likelihood of success in proving that a physician inappropriately employed EFM and improperly intervened, causing her injuries.
 
 
 
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