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<div>May be of interest by analogy <a href="http://www.dri.org/DRI/course-materials/2012-Nursing/pdfs/14_Vance.pdf">http://www.dri.org/DRI/course-materials/2012-Nursing/pdfs/14_Vance.pdf</a><br>
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On Jan 15, 2014, at 7:48 PM, "Bruce Partington" <<a href="mailto:bparting@cphlaw.com">bparting@cphlaw.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#1F497D">The uncertainty that follows a Supreme Court opinion that effects a substantial change in the law . . .</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#1F497D">Interesting because if your defendant is not a professional, then the standard of care would typically be that of a reasonable contractor/subcontractor/construction manager (setting aside the
issue of whether construction managers might or might not fall into the “professional” class – insurers seem to think so). So the issue is whether or not one can (contractually or otherwise) set a standard of care which may be different from the “reasonable
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#1F497D">I think the answer is probably yes, and you would might look to cases where, for example, Company X has a policy that their drivers never exceed the speed limit, but in the accident, the driver
for Company X was exceeding the speed limit. Or a hospital has a certain standard . . .</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#1F497D">I think the answer is cleaner if the QC standard is a contractual obligation. There’s a fair argument that failing to meet a contractual standard would be negligence, especially since the
ELR is gone. . . . </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt; color:#0000A0">Bruce D. Partington</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard A. Burt<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 15, 2014 5:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CLC-Discussion] Negligence: Standard of care: Proof: Qualitycontrol program</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in; text-indent:-.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:windowtext"><span style="">(i)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:windowtext">Is a defendant’s own quality control program admissible to prove the standard of care in a negligence case brought against him?
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</span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:windowtext">Is the failure of a defendant to follow his own quality control program admissible to prove his negligence (i.e., violation of the standard
of care)?</span></i></p>
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