standard of care

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standard of care

n. the watchfulness, attention, caution and prudence that a reasonable person in the circumstances would exercise. If a person's actions do not meet this standard of care, then his/her acts fail to meet the duty of care which all people (supposedly) have toward others. Failure to meet the standard is negligence, and any damages resulting therefrom may be claimed in a lawsuit by the injured party. The problem is that the "standard" is often a subjective issue upon which reasonable people can differ. (See: negligence, duty of care)

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Note also that the instruction says exactly nothing about how the standard of care applies to the specific type of legal matter before the jury (a real estate deal, a sale of corporate assets, personal injury litigation, etc.) That subject is reserved exclusively for expert witness testimony.

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The jury found the D&C necessary, but determined that the gynecologist deviated from the accepted standard of care in his performance of the procedure.

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This casenote argues that the evolution of the locality rule has alleviated the concerns of lowering the standard of care by adding the similar circumstances element.

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The case was transferred to the Supreme Court of Missouri, which reversed and remanded for a new trial that would apply the ordinary standard of care. (28) The court reasoned that the highest standard of care is reserved for persons using inherently dangerous materials, common carriers, and automobile drivers.

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After a 4-week treatment, CaPre achieved a statistically significant triglyceride reduction as compared to Standard of Care. Patients treated with 4 grams of CaPre a day over 4 weeks reached a mean triglyceride decrease of 15.5% from baseline and an absolute mean improvement of 18.1% as compared to Standard of Care.

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Barbara subsequently disclosed the "preliminary expert opinion affidavit" of her mother s primary care physician, outlining the ways in which JCL and its staff had acted "in violation of the standard of care," and "the manner in which the negligent acts cause" her mother's death.