Preparing And Winning Medical Negligence Cases- Third Edition

Preparing and Winning Medical Negligence Cases provides extensive information for lawyers regarding medical malpractice suits from both a legal and medical perspectives. It makes complex topics such as anatomy, physiology and pathology of various organ systems and the clinical diagnoses rendered by medical specialists accessible to lawyers bringing or defending medical malpractice cases. The knowledge and experience contained in this work will provide invaluable information for attorneys in both the pretrial preparation and actual trial of medical negligence cases. Preparing and Winning Medical Negligence Cases brings together the combined knowledge and experience of outstanding medical-legal teachers and writers for the purpose of educating attorneys about the difficult, variegated, and controversial subject of medical malpractice. It teaches lawyers how to win medical negligence cases by blending the knowledge and talents of various fields and sub-fields of legal and medical expertise. In Volume One the legal aspects of handling a medical negligence action are covered from initiation to conclusion. This includes extensive information and advice on areas including trial preparation, trial strategy and expert testimony, as well as suggested techniques to deal with the initial client interview, case evaluation, discovery and, of course, trial . Also set forth are helpful state-by-state surveys on matters such as malpractice panels, statutes of limitation and standard of care rules, among others. Volume Two contains invaluable medical information prepared by experts in the fields covered. It is difficult, if not impossible, to think of a legal area that has been the subject of as much oral and written commentary in the past twenty years as medical malpractice. Unfortunately, many of these speeches, publications, and special programs have generated far more heat than light on this complex and controversial topic. As a result, confusion and misunderstanding have precipitated hostility among a great majority of physicians toward lawyers, particularly plaintiffs' trial attorneys. Addressing this issue, Volume Three was prepared by prominent, experienced medical specialists, all of whom have had much involvement and interest in legal medicine for many years. Therefore, although the chapters are substantive, solid reviews from the perspective of medical specialists, they also are geared to address important issues encountered at the interface of law and medicine. Future supplements will include other medical specialty chapters that will eventually span the entire gamut of medical practice.