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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 21 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Ayala v. Murad.

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1 Ayala v. Murad Anchor
illappct · 2006
green “proximate cause in a medical malpractice case must be established by expert testimony to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, and the causal connection must not be contingent, speculative, or merely possible.” 8
2 Borowski v. Von Solbrig
ill · 1975
green “more probably true than not true” 5
3 Aguilera v. Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center
illappct · 1998
green “without supporting testimony from a neurosurgeon, plaintiff's experts' testimony was insufficient to show that neurosurgery, much less effective neurosurgery, should have occurred absent defendants' negligence.” 5
4 Ayala v. Murad
illappct · 2006
green “must be established by expert testimony to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, and the causal connection must not be contingent, speculative, or merely possible.” 3

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