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(영문) 대법원 2006. 10. 27. 선고 2004다2342 판결

[손해배상(의)][미간행]

Main Issues

[1] Whether the causal relationship between the medical negligence and the result is presumed in a case where the injured party proves that the act of medical negligence was committed on the part of the injured party and that the cause other than the medical practice was not established on the part of the injured party (affirmative)

[2] In a case where there is a situation in which the doubt about the military register of a fetus cannot be ruled out among the attempts of mass delivery, the contents of the medical care duty borne by the doctor in charge of delivery

[3] The case affirming the causal relationship between the doctor's breach of the medical duty of delivery and the result in a case where the king surgery was conducted while the newborn baby died for more than 12 hours after birth

[Reference Provisions]

[1] Article 750 of the Civil Act, Article 288 of the Civil Procedure Act / [2] Article 750 of the Civil Act / [3] Article 750 of the Civil Act

Reference Cases

[1] Supreme Court Decision 93Da52402 delivered on February 10, 1995 (Gong1995Sang, 1281) Supreme Court Decision 2001Da19486 Delivered on August 27, 2002 (Gong2002Ha, 2284) Supreme Court Decision 2002Da3822 Delivered on January 24, 2003 (Gong2003Sang, 705) Supreme Court Decision 2004Da52576 Delivered on September 30, 205 (Gong2005Ha, 1689) / [2] Supreme Court Decision 2004Da13045 Delivered on October 28, 2005 (Gong205Ha, 1854)

Plaintiff-Appellee

Plaintiff 1 and one other (the term of office of the Attorney Park Jong-soo, Counsel for the plaintiff-appellant)

Defendant-Appellant

Defendant 1 School Foundation and one other (Attorney No-ho et al., Counsel for the defendant-appellant)

Judgment of the lower court

Seoul High Court Decision 2002Na1712 delivered on December 18, 2003

Text

All appeals are dismissed. The costs of appeal are assessed against the Defendants.

Reasons

The grounds of appeal are examined.

1. In a claim for damages due to a violation of a duty of care in medical practice, where it is proved that the victim's act of medical negligence based on the common sense of the general public in the course of a series of medical practice is proved that the other causes, other than a series of medical practices, can not be discovered, the Supreme Court has established the Supreme Court's established precedent to mitigate the burden of proof so that the causal link between the medical negligence and the result can be presumed and liable for damages (see Supreme Court Decision 93Da52402, Feb. 10, 1995, etc.).

In addition, even if it is difficult to view it as difficult to view it as a difficult marction, such as a diversity reduction, even though it is difficult to view it as a marction marction, in addition, if there is a situation that could not exclude doubt about the military register of a fetus, such as the heart marction of a fetus is much shorter than the normal values due to the passage of time, and the frequency and degree of the marction of the fetus, the doctor in charge of the marction shall immediately take measures such as checking whether the marc flight of the pregnant woman is carried out and checking whether the marction of the pregnant woman is carried out, and the result of the marction measurement of the fetus is not improved, and if there is a quantity that suggests the marction of the fetus without improving the result of the measurement of the marction of the fetus, he shall promptly take necessary measures for the safety of the mother and the fetus, such as attempting only an immediate minute

2. In full view of the evidence adopted in its judgment, the court below found the following facts: (a) although Defendant 1’s father and doctor, who was the child in childbirth belonging to Defendant 1 school juristic person and Defendant 2, who had attempted to perform a king scopic surgery with Plaintiff 2, the newborn baby was dead for 12 hours after birth; (b) although the result of the scopic measurement of the fetus’s heart scopic surgery shows the scopic reduction of diversity and the minimum point is less than half of the normal scopic reduction, the court below determined that the above Defendant was negligent in taking necessary measures by neglecting intensive observation and treatment only due to the early scopic reduction of death without any particular influence on the safety of the fetus; and (c) the new scopic child was dead due to other causes, such as infection caused by early scopic infection.

Upon examining the reasoning of the judgment below in light of the above legal principles and records, we affirm the fact-finding and judgment of the court below as just, and there is no error in the misapprehension of legal principles as to the presumption of causation between the medical malpractice and the result, such as misconception of facts due to the violation of the rules of evidence as to medical malpractice, incomplete deliberation, incomplete deliberation, and the presumption of causation.

3. Therefore, all appeals are dismissed, and the costs of appeal are assessed against the losing party. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices on the bench.

Justices Kim Nung-hwan (Presiding Justice)

심급 사건
-서울고등법원 2003.12.18.선고 2002나1712