Foreseeability and Risk of Harm in a Standard of Care Assessment

This is the seventh article of our series discussing practical and evidentiary issues in medical malpractice. Each article will examine recent medical malpractice case law and focus on the practical and evidentiary issues within them. The goal is to provide some useful insight into the obstacles that occurred in hopes that future cases can adapt and develop new ways to overcome these challenges. In this article, Lindsay McGivern explores how the concepts of forseeability and risk of harm in a standard of care assessment have directed outcomes in recent medical malpractice cases.