What is the standard of care in medical malpractice cases?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Newton v. Marzban, 2008 BCSC 328 (CanLII):
The standard of care defines the degree or content of the duty of care: Ryan v. Victoria (City), 1999 CanLII 706 (SCC), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 201 at para. 25. It guides the court in determining whether a defendant’s particular act or omission breached that duty.
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