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These states have adopted the "loss of chance" doctrine:

• Arizona. Thompson v. Sun City Community Hospital, Inc. 141 Ariz. 597 (1984)

• Connecticut. Boone v. William W. Backus Hospital, 272 Conn. 551 (2005)

• District of Columbia. Ferrell v. Rosenbaum, 691 A.2d 641 (1997)

• Illinois. Holton v. Memorial Hospital, 176 Ill. 2d 95 (1997)

• Indiana. Cahoon v. Cummings, 734 N.E.2d 535 (2000)

• Iowa. DeBurkarte v. Louvar, 393 N.W.2d 131(1986)

• Kansas. Delaney v. Cade, 255 Kan. 199 (1994)

• Louisiana. Hastings v. Baton Rouge General Hospital, 498 So.2d 713 (1986)

• Massachusetts. Matsuyama v. Birnbaum, SJC-09964 (2008)

• Michigan. Falcon v. Memorial Hospital, 436 Mich. 443 (1990)

• Missouri. Wollen v. DePaul Health Center, 828 S.W.2d 681 (1992)

• Montana. Aasheim v. Humberger, 215 Mont. 127 (1985)

• Nevada. Perez v. Las Vegas Medical Center, 107 Nev. 1 (1991)

• New Jersey. Evers v. Dollinger, 95 N.J. 399 (1984)

• New Mexico. Alberts v. Schultz, 126 N.M. 807 (1999)

• Ohio. Roberts v. Ohio Permanente Medical Group, Inc., 76 Ohio St.3d 483 (1996)

• Oklahoma. McKellips v. Saint Francis Hospital, Inc., 741 P.2d 467 (1987)

• Pennsylvania. Hamil v. Bashline, 481 Pa. 256 (1978)

• South Dakota. Jorgenson v. Vener, 616 N.W.2d 366 (2000)

• Virginia. Brown v. Koulizakis, 229 Va. 524 (1985)

• Washington. Herskovitz v. Group Health Coop. of Puget Sound, 99 Wash.2d 609 (1983)

• Wisconsin. Ehlinger v. Sipes, 155 Wis.2d 1 (1990)

• Wyoming. McMackin v. Johnson County Healthcare Center, 73 P.3d 1094 (2003)

These states have rejected the doctrine:

• Florida. Gooding v. University Hosp. Bldg, Inc., 445 So.2d 1015 (1984)

• Idaho. Manning v. Twin Falls Clinic & Hospital, Inc., 830 P.2d 1185 (1992)

• Kentucky. Kemper v. Gordon, No. 2005-SC-000306-DG (2008)

• Maryland. Fennell v. Southern Md. Hospital Center, Inc. 320 Md. 776 (1990)

• Minnesota. Fabio v. Bellomo, 504 N.W.2d 758, 762 (1993)

• Mississippi. Ladner v. Campbell, 515 So.2d 882 (1987)

• New Hampshire. Pillsbury-Flood v. Portsmouth Hospital, 512 A.2d 1126 (1986)

• South Carolina. Jones v. Owings, 318 S.C 72 (1995)

• Tennessee. Kilpatrick v. Bryant, 868 S.W.2d 594, 602-603 (1993)

• Texas. Kramer v. Lewisville Memorial Hospital, 858 S.W.2d 397, 402-407 (1993)

• Vermont. Smith v. Parrott, 175 Vt. 375 (2003)