Law 3101A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Health Professional, Medical Malpractice, Regulatory College
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C hapter 6: g eneral p rinc iples of neg lig enc e liability. O verview: legal meaning of the term negligence , elements of negligence action, c ustomary p ractice, c riticisms of the adversarial s ystem. P art 1: legal meaning of negligence: two meanings of negligence, broad meaning branch of tort law, all of the claims based on negligent behaviour, made up of the 6 elements of a negligent action. Incompetence is an inability to meet standards, or discharge the responsibilities of their profession. If found to be incompetent, regulatory college may suspend or revoke license, or might send you to training: finding of incompetence, can give the right to employer to fire you without notice, s ignificant legal consequences. In a criminal case, you need to prove things beyond a reasonable doubt higher standard of proof.
