Waranch & Brown’s Rachel E. Giroux and Neal M. Brown secured a victory for a surgeon in a case alleging negligence in the performance of a bowel resection. In today’s video Think Piece, Neal and Rachel share strategies they used to cinch victory in this 10-day complex jury trial.
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The plaintiff claimed the surgeon client improperly resected a portion of his ureter during bowel surgery, ultimately causing him to require multiple reparative operations. Rachel and Neal overcame the testimony of a likeable plaintiff (who had suffered an obvious complication) and his solid experts.
Creative demonstratives played a pivotal role in obtaining a defense verdict. By using a common garden hose to illustrate the urinary system’s pressure dynamics, and plastic tubing to represent the ureter’s shape, the W&B team made complex medical concepts understandable to the jury.
Another decisive factor for the jury was the testimony of the defense expert pathologist. He was able to concisely explain that there was no ureteral tissue in the surgeon’s pathology specimen; therefore, the surgeon had not resected the ureter. If not in the surgery specimen, then where was it? The jury found his testimony compelling.
At Waranch & Brown, we specialize in defending and trying high exposure cases creatively and aggressively. Whether you are facing a challenging case or seeking legal guidance, our team is here to help.