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Patient’s post-treatment conduct admissible 

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    • January 25, 2013

A medical malpractice defendant could introduce evidence to show that the plaintiff’s post-treatment conduct was the sole proximate cause of her injuries, the Connecticut Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming a defense verdict.
The defendant is a chiropractor who performed acupuncture to relieve pain related to the plaintiff’s breast cancer. » […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/25/patients-post-treatment-conduct-admissible/

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