On the third ground of a medical malpractice claim, is there a duty of care pleaded which is fatal to the claim?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kim v. Kmiec, 2012 ONSC 3364 (CanLII):
On the third ground, I find that there is no duty of care pleaded which is fatal to the claim (see Rogers and the decision of Perell J. in Drugov v. Ontario, 2008, O.J. No. 696.
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