Opinion ID: 1970225
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Heading: The Relaxed Causation Approach

Text: The relaxed causation approach was recently discussed by the Kansas Supreme Court in Delaney v. Cade, 255 Kan. 199, 873 P.2d 175 (1994). The Delaney Court explained that: the loss of chance theory is, essentially, one that allows an injured plaintiff to recover damages based upon a reduced standard of causation rather than the traditional one which requires the plaintiff to prove that it is more probable than not that the damage suffered was caused by the negligence of the defendant. Id. 873 P.2d at 183. A significant number of courts adopting the doctrine have done so using the relaxed causation approach. [4] See Perrochet, 27 Tort & Ins.L.J. at 624, 632-33 (listing seven jurisdictions adopting a reduced causation standard); see also John D. Hodson, Annotation, Medical Malpractice: Loss of Chance Causality, 54 A.L.R.4th 10 (1987).