0762 Conduct by a health care provider does not give rise to separate claims for professional negligence and ordinary negligence because these claims are identical; the distinction between professional negligence and ordinary negligence might be relevant in determining whether the conduct involved is sufficiently within the common knowledge of a jury to make expert testimony unnecessary. CitationFLOWERS v TORRANCE MEM HOSP (Gurney Rails) 8 C4 992 [See: Gopaul v Herrick 38 CA3 1002; Murillo v Good Samaritan 99 CA3 50]
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