In a medical malpractice case, what is the test for identifying specific facts that constitute a genuine issue for trial?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Tran v. Gore, Case No. 3:10-cv-0464-GPC-DHB (S.D. Cal. 2013):
answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, designate specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial." Celotex, 477 U.S. at 324. Conclusory allegations without supporting evidence are insufficient to create an issue of material fact. Hansen v. Untied States, 7 F.3d 137, 138 (9th Cir. 1993).
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