What are the four factors used to determine whether a medical malpractice case should be successful?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pringle v. Alberta (Human Rights, Multiculturalism and Citizenship Commission), 2004 ABQB 821 (CanLII):
None of the four factors is of itself dispositive. In weighing or balancing the four factors, which may overlap, “[t]he overall aim is to discern legislative intent”: Dr. Q v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 226 at para. 26, 2003 SCC 19.
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