What material risks are considered in medical malpractice cases?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bachalo v. Robson et al., 1997 CanLII 22862 (MB QB):
Material risks have been defined to include threats to the patient's life, health or discomfort. (White v. Turner (1981), 31 O.R.(2d) 773 (H.C., Linden, J.).
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