How have courts considered the presumption that a plaintiff in a medical malpractice case is "capable of understanding and following the instructions given them"?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Koplen, F073136 (Cal. App. 2019):
capable of understanding and following the instructions given them. (People v. Gonzales, supra, 51 Cal.4th at p. 940.) Nothing suggests we should disregard that presumption in this situation.
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