What is the current state of the law on medical malpractice in medical negligence cases?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from McCollum v. Friendly Hills Travel Center, 172 Cal.App.3d 83, 217 Cal.Rptr. 919 (Cal. App. 1985):

5 See also Marshall v. United Airlines (1973) 35 Cal.App.3d 84, 90, 110 Cal.Rptr. 416; "It is established law, at least in the exercise of ordinary care, that one is under no duty to warn another of a danger equally obvious to both."

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