Does negligence of an additional defendant doctor or nurse in a delayed treatment case allow the original defendant doctor to escape liability?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hanson-Tasker v Ewart, 2022 BCSC 432 (CanLII):
In a delayed treatment case, the negligence of an additional defendant doctor or nurse does not allow the originally negligent defendant doctor to escape liability: Sacks at para. 116; Ghiassi v. Singh, 2018 ONCA 764 at paras. 17-18.
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