Posts Tagged ‘Medical Malpractice’
The Conflict Check Most Law Firms Skip at Intake (and the Names It Misses)
At a CLE this week, attorneys asked how to handle conflict checks on intake. Most firms search a name and move on. Here is what a real intake check covers, and where the misses come from.
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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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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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When a Retained Surgical Item Does Not Speak for Every Defendant
A suturing needle was left in a knee replacement patient, and the Kentucky Supreme Court still reinstated summary judgment for the radiologists and the surgical assistant. What Diagnostic X-Ray Physicians v. Lloyd means for retained object cases and expert planning.
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“Don’t Cut Me”: Why a Withdrawn-Consent Claim Still Needs a Medical Expert
A patient told her obstetrician to stop. The Mississippi Supreme Court still threw out her battery claim because she had no medical expert. Tracy Liberatore, Esq. on what Brown v. Davey-Sullivan means for consent cases on both sides of the courtroom.
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