Negligence – Medical malpractice – Preexisting condition

Where a Superior Court judge dismissed a medical negligence action against a defendant physician who performed a thyroidectomy on the plaintiff, the judge did not err in refusing to instruct the jury on the combined effects of the defendant's negligence and the plaintiff's preexisting connective tissue disease.

Source: http://masslawyersweekly.com/2013/04/09/negligence-medical-malpractice-preexisting-condition/

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