Is a chiropractor treated like a medical professional?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dickson v. Pinder, 2010 ABQB 269 (CanLII):
Since courts have held that chiropractors are treated like other “medical practitioners,” the principles that relate to non-chiropractic medical professionals apply with equal force to chiropractors, Heughan v. Sheppard, [2000] O.T.C. 413 at para. 160 (Sup. Ct. J.).
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