What is the impact of an instructional error that resulted in a plaintiff in a medical malpractice case being denied access to a prescription drug?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Larsen v. C.D. (In re Conservatorship and Estate of C.D.), C086894 (Cal. App. 2019):
Nonetheless, even in the absence of this instructional error, the result of the proceeding would not have been different. (See People v. Kipp, supra, 187 Cal.App.3d at pp. 751-752.) C.D. had a diagnosed mental disorder. The evidence was consistent and unrebutted that C.D. could not handle the responsibilities attendant to obtaining and
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