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Please select the Case Studies presented below and provide a minimum 4-page paper (not including title and reference page) answering the eleven questions listed. This assignment must be in APA 6th ed. format. A minimum of two academic and/or professional references is required. If you are unfamiliar with how to properly format an APA paper (title page, introduction, conclusion, margins, etc.) please schedule an appointment with a Writing Coach prior to submitting your paper. The questions are as followed (100 pts):
1. What are the facts of the case?
2. Are all the elements required in a negligence suit present?
3. What standard of care is required?
4. Who would you consider to be the potential plaintiff and defendant?
5. How would you argue for the plaintiff?
6. What evidence would you present?
7. How would you defend the defendant?
8. What are your defense options?
9. If you were on the jury, what would your finding be, based on only the facts as presented?
10. If you find the defendant responsible, what damages would you award, and for what reasons?
11. What are your options if you, as plaintiff or defendant, are unhappy with the jury’s decision?
Case Study One:
A patient died after her third cerebral hemorrhage. When the patient was admitted to the hospital following a cerebral hemorrhage, her physician determined that she should be given a specific drug to reduce her blood pressure and make her condition operable, and he directed its administration. For an unexplained reason, the drug was not administered. The patient’s blood pressure rose, and after another hemorrhage the patient died.