How have courts treated the word "medical services" in a medical malpractice case?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Canadian Western Bank v. Alberta, 2003 ABQB 254 (CanLII):
The last paragraph, as it relates to “medical services” is no longer sound: McInerney v. MacDonald, 1992 CanLII 57 (SCC), 93 D.L.R. (4th) 415 (S.C.C.).
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