Does a violation of a federal statute in a medical malpractice case constitute a private cause of action?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Oliver v. Sealaska Corp., 192 F.3d 1220 (9th Cir. 1999):

[T]he fact that a federal statute has been violated and some person harmed does not automatically give rise to a private cause of action in favor of that person.' " Id. at 568 (quoting Cannon v. University of Chicago, 441 U.S. 677, 688 (1979)).

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