Is there any case law where a doctor has no recollection of a procedure?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dickie v. Minett, 2012 ONSC 4474 (CanLII):
Harrison v. Stephany, [2002] B.C.J. No. 2648 is a case wherein the doctor had no recollection of the procedure, but kept detailed clinical notes. The notes were accepted and no fault was inferred from the doctor’s inability to recollect.
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