What is the test for presuming causation in a medical malpractice case?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dumesnil v. Dr. Jacob et al., 2021 MBQB 240 (CanLII):
The court must be careful not to draw presumptions of causation unless they are serious, precise and concordant. (Benhaim v. St-Germain, 2016 SCC 48, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 352 at paras. 68 – 69)
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