PJC Malpractice 2024

M EDICAL M ALPRACTICE —T HEORIES OF D IRECT L IABILITY

PJC 51.7

Caveat. The Committee has omitted from the definition of abandonment the lan guage “or the failure to make reasonable provision for adequate medical attention in the event of the physician’s absence at a time when there is a necessity for continuing medical care.” The Committee believes that the failure to make adequate provision for care in the physician’s absence is a negligence theory embodied in the broad-form sub mission at PJC 51.3.

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