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IMS Legal Strategies

5 Tips for Med Mal Expert Testimony from a Hot Seat Veteran

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As a presentation technology consultant, I have been sitting in the hot seat for almost 25 years. I average one trial a month with about 75% being medical malpractice (med mal) cases. I work with both plaintiff and defense...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Litigating Healthcare Malpractice Cases: Challenges for Plaintiff’s and Defense Counsel

Even if they involve similar facts or injuries, no two medical malpractice cases are alike. Juries are laypeople who must consider testimony from medical experts and other witnesses and determine credibility and competence....more

Epstein Becker & Green

Receive Specialized Care, Provide Specialized Testimony: New Jersey Court Says Medical Malpractice Expert Witness Must Have...

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To diminish the number of frivolous lawsuits that patients file against doctors and hospitals, 28 states require that a plaintiff submit an affidavit or certificate of merit when they file a medical malpractice case....more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Expert Competency Rule Change Reverses Effects of Johnson v. Abdullah

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To succeed in meeting their evidentiary burden for a medical malpractice claim, a plaintiff must prove a breach of the standard of care, causation, and damages through expert testimony. See Bruni v. Tatsumi, 46 Ohio St.2d...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

“Active Clinical Practice” Requirements for Expert Witnesses Now Evaluated at the Time of Alleged Malpractice

In recent years, issues surrounding the admissibility of expert witness testimony in medical malpractice matters have been more prevalent than ever. In general, Ohio law mandates that medical claims are sufficiently supported...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Legal Pulse: “Active Clinical Practice” Requirements Heightened for Expert Witnesses

A seminal issue in many medical malpractice cases involves qualified expert opinions. Under Ohio law, obtaining such experts is a threshold matter for any medical claim;[1] notable legal safeguards exist to ensure that these...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care

Emergency Physician Not Qualified to Opine on Psychiatric Standard of Care: Hinshaw's Annual Guide to Key Illinois Medical...

Can an emergency medicine physician offer expert opinions about the standard of care for psychiatric evaluation in drug overdose cases? Fara Biundo, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Zenah S. Muhdi, Deceased v....more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care

Defendant Physician can be Cross-Examined With His Disclosure and ACR Guidelines: Hinshaw's Annual Guide to Key Illinois Medical...

Can the trial court properly bar plaintiff from introducing defendant radiologist's Rule 213(f)(iii) disclosure as an admission against interest, or questioning him about the American College of Radiology (ACR) practice...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care

Plaintiff Permitted to Redesignate Rule 213(f)(3) Controlled Expert to Consultant: Hinshaw's Annual Guide to Key Illinois Medical...

Issue - Can a party who has disclosed a physician as a controlled expert witness pursuant to 213(f)(3) later redesignate that expert as a consultant pursuant to Rule 213(b)(3)? Alexis Dameron v. Mercy Hospital and Medical...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Tips for Medical Malpractice Litigation

Winning a medical malpractice lawsuit has many different variables that need to be proven. Medical malpractice happens when a health care professional, doctor, or hospital, through a negligent act or omission, causes injury...more

Rumberger | Kirk

Fifth DCA Reaffirms Protections Against Surprise Tactics at Trial

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This past January, Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal found that a trial court had committed reversible error by allowing a party to argue and present previously undisclosed expert testimony and evidence to the jury at...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Plaintiff’s Expert Physician Deemed Not Competent to Testify as to the Standard of Care Applicable to Hospitals

In Lattimore v. Dickey (2015 S.O.S. 4448 – filed August 21, 2015), the California Court of Appeal for the Sixth District held that plaintiff’s expert physician’s declaration was insufficient to create a triable issue of...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Defending Against Non-Retained Experts

California is generally regarded as providing broad leeway for non-retained experts to testify on a range of matters. Several recent decisions, however, have narrowed the scope of permissible testimony for non-retained...more

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