Last Clear Chance: A Transitional Doctrine

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17 Green Bag 2 D 173 the Doctrine of One Last Chance

ONSTITUTIONAL AVOIDANCE is an old idea, but the Roberts Court has given it a new twist. Instead of avoiding constitutional questions whenever possible, recent Supreme Court majorities have tended to engage in avoidance just once before issuing disruptive decisions. For example, the Roberts Court initially ducked constitutional challenges to central pillars of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act ...

The Loss of Chance Doctrine C

Daniela Stallone Assistant Vice President, Claims Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company The cases presented in this issue involve the legal doctrine of the “loss of chance.” The plaintiffs in both cases alleged that the negligence of, and delay in diagnosis by, the treating physician was a “substantial factor” in causing their injuries. Expert testimony for the plaintiff will often state t...

“ Loss of Chance ” Doctrine in Medical Malpractice Cases

One of the earliest decisions on this subject opines that the “all or nothing” rule provides a “blanket release from liability for doctors and hospitals any time there was less than a 50 percent chance of survival, regardless of how flagrant the negligence.”7 Another more recent decision notes that the “all or nothing” approach “fails to recognize the common sense proposition that a loss of cha...

Alcohol advertising : the last chance saloon