Why would you want your own expert to go “blind”? It seems like an outrageous question, until you realize that a “blind review” is often key to obtaining a fair, prospective, expert analysis. Traditional thinking among the defense bar is …
Gone are the days when the actions of nurse practitioners are simply covered by a physician in the practice or the employer. Current trends show that nurse practitioners are being held accountable for their own actions. But as their scope of …
Just like everybody else these days, physicians are avidly using social media. Many have Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, LinkedIn profiles and are frequent texters. But here’s the problem: Physicians are not immune from the dangers of electronic messaging! In fact, using …
Today we have a pop quiz to help sharpen your thinking around selecting expert witnesses. Imagine you are a litigator preparing for trial. The best expert for our medical malpractice case should possess which of the following: (a) An impressive CV/resume, replete …
Once upon a time… There were two medical malpractice cases. Both defense attorneys believed the medicine was probably “too complicated” for the jury to understand. As a result, Defense Attorney A spent too much time educating the jury on the …
In many malpractice cases, plaintiff’s attorneys have adopted a new strategy: the Reptilian Theory of Liability. In short, the “Reptile Theory” asserts that one can prevail at trial by speaking to, and scaring, the part of jurors’ brains they share with reptiles …