PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The state’s highest court has set a new legal precedent when it comes to medical malpractice cases.

The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled that experts’ testimony that describes negligence as “likely” the cause can still meet the state’s higher standards for emergency room malpractice cases.

The case, Henke v. Hospital Development of West Phoenix, Inc., et al., centers around Greg Henke, who went to an urgent care facility in March 2017. The doctor thought he might have bacterial endocarditis, which is a bacterial infection of the heart’s inner lining that can be deadly.

He was referred to the emergency room at Abrazo West Campus. According to his wife, Margarita Henke, emergency staff ignored the notes from the urgent care doctor, didn’t run proper tests for

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