☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Loss of Chance Doctrine

A theory of causation in medical malpractice allowing recovery when a healthcare provider's negligence reduced the patient's chance of a better outcome, even if the patient would not have recovered in any event.

Etymology: English compound · Category: Tort Law · Source: Matsuyama v. Birnbaum, 452 Mass. 1 (2008)
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