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ROBERTS v. OHIO PERMANENTE MED. GROUP, INC.
Supreme Court of Ohio (1996) | 76 Ohio St.3d 483
TL;DR: The Ohio Supreme Court abandoned its traditional "all-or-nothing" rule for medical malpractice causation. It adopted the "loss of chance" doctrine, allowing plaintiffs to recover proportional damages when a doctor's negligence reduces a patient's chance of survival, even if that chance was initially below 50%.
Legal Significance: This case established the "loss of chance" doctrine in Ohio, relaxing the traditional proximate cause standard in medical malpractice. It allows recovery for the value of a diminished chance of survival, with damages calculated proportionally to the chance lost due to the defendant's negligence.