Expert Witness Placement
Why a Google Search and an Ethics Opinion Will Not Clear an Expert Witness Conflict
Experts are often told to handle conflict checks by reading ethics guidance and searching online. That tells you what a conflict is. It cannot tell you whether you have one. Here is what does.
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Running an Expert Witness Practice: What to Track From Intake to Payment
Medical experts who take litigation work are running a small practice on the side of a clinical career. The records worth keeping from the first call to the final payment, and why Rule 26 makes them more than good housekeeping.
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Expert Witness Conflict Checks: How to Clear a Case Before You Open the Records
Courts disqualify experts who switch sides after receiving confidential information. What the two-part test asks, where conflicts hide in medical cases, and a conflict check every expert can run before opening the records.
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How to Hire a Nurse Expert Witness for a Pressure Injury (Bedsore) Case
A bedsore case is a nursing case first. Here is what a nurse expert witness reviews, where standard of care ends and causation begins, the documentation red flags that decide these cases, and how to pick the right expert for either side.
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Missed Signals, System Failures, and the Expanding Scope of Liability: Lessons from a $49 Million Connecticut Cervical Cancer Verdict
A recent $49 million jury award out of Connecticut against Westchester Medical Group PC reflects a noticeable shift in how medical malpractice claims are being framed and decided. Rather than focusing on a single misstep by a provider, the case—brought by Jennifer Anderson and her husband—centered on a pattern of missed opportunities within a preventive…
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