What is the test for professional negligence in dental malpractice cases?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Laubscher v. Dr. Gail J. Chow Inc., 2020 BCCRT 268 (CanLII):
19. The applicant’s allegations concern professional negligence in that he says that the respondent’s services fell below the standard of a reasonably competent dentist. In such cases, it generally is necessary for an applicant to prove a breach of the applicable standard of care with expert evidence as this is outside the knowledge or expertise of an ordinary person (see, for example, ter Neuzen v. Korn, 1995 Canlii 72 (SCC) and Bergen v. Guliker, 2015 BCCA 283.)
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