The law of averages dictates that most individuals suffering from a heart disorder will have been subject to some from of physical, thermal, or physiologic traumma in varying degree, preceeding an acute phase or the initial detection of the
condition. A
traumatic experience may precede by moments or actually coincide with the cardiac event.
The law of society attempts to determine if such trauma is casually significant. Which the exception of those cases where the issue is solely one of disability evaluation. Most legally controverted cardiac claims are primarily concerned with the
problem
of causation. Simply stated, the basic legal issue is whether a particular incident, episode, accident, traumatic factor, or events caused a climate's cardiac illness, disability, or death. If so, there may exist a legal liability with an award
of
monetary damages to the plaintiff or those claiming through him, on one side, and an assessment of financial responsibility on the defendant, on the other. This paper, therefore, discussed medial concept of causality and legal requirements
concerning
opinions causality in cardiac claims.
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