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Diagrams of rule trees enable users to visualize the logic of a system of legal rules. The Lab creates software models that both display as rule tree diagrams and provide active templates for modeling the reasoning of individual legal decisions. We use this particular rule tree to model the U.S. medical malpractice decisions included in our Comparative Medical Accident Liability (“Comp-MAL”) Project.

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C.M. v. United States,
2006 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 82127
E.D. Missouri; November 9, 2006

• Alleged injury or harm: subgaleal hematoma, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, and related injuries
• Theories of negligent conduct: failure of the doctor to be present earlier to monitor personally the plaintiff’s labor, and failure to order a caesarean delivery
• Judgment: Defendant is liable.

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Young v. United States,
2003 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 25238
W.D. Texas; July 11, 2003

• Alleged injury or harm: third-degree perineum tear during delivery of baby, and subsequent injuries
• Theories of negligent conduct: failure to perform an episiotomy, to give an enema during labor or prior to delivery, to administer pre-emptive antibiotics in repairing a laceration breakdown, and to use chromic stitches
• Judgment: Defendant is not liable.

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