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A legal rule of evidence which prohibits the jury from considering the fact that the plaintiff has been compensated from any source other than the defendant. The practical result is that a medical malpractice defendant may have to pay the full amount of the plaintiff patient’s medical and other expenses, even if the patient has already received reimbursement for those expenses from another source, such as medical insurance.<\/p>\n

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A legal rule of evidence which prohibits the jury from considering the fact that the plaintiff has been compensated from any source other than the defendant. The practical result is that a medical malpractice defendant may have to pay the full amount of the plaintiff patient’s medical and other expenses, even if the patient has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c"],"yoast_head":"\nCollateral source rule - Definition of Collateral source rule<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A legal rule of evidence which prohibits the jury from considering the fact that the plaintiff has been compensated from any source other than the defendant. 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