Is it possible for a medical malpractice court to find medical negligence without receiving expert evidence on common prevailing professional standards?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from N.T. v British Columbia, 2017 BCSC 1742 (CanLII):
It will be a rare case where the courts are able to find medical negligence without receiving expert evidence on common prevailing professional standards in order to determine the appropriate standard of care. This topic is discussed in some detail in paras. 46-68 in ter Neuzen v. Korn, 1995 CanLII 72 (SCC), [1995] 3 S.C.R. 674. “I.C. Meiklem J.” MEIKLEM J.
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