Is a patient’s condition as a result of a combination of irregularities in the course of treatment?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bowering v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 882, 2002 BCSC 830 (CanLII):
Irregularities are to be considered individually and “…are not cumulative in their effect and it cannot be said that one irregularity that is not fatal becomes fatal when it is accompanied by irregularities which taken alone would be equally harmless” [Anderson v. Stewart, supra].
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