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Scope of causation limited, doctors get to keep trial win

Telling a jury that doctors are responsible for all the consequences of their negligence, foreseen or not, is a misstatement of Virginia law, the Supreme Court of Virginia has found. Even though it comes in an unpublished order, the high court’s ruling could block expansion of the causation standard toward strict liability, according to a lawyer ...