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EXPERT GENERAL POLICY

EXPERT GENERAL POLICY

It’s a good practice to let your retained experts know your office policy or practices when you retain them. Here’s a very basic preliminary outline of such policies: 1.         Expert Reports. Please DO NOT send us any written expert reports unless we specifically request them. Our normal communication will be by phone call or personal meeting. We often need written reports at different stages of the trial   preparation, but it=s important that you wait for us to request written reports…

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Letter to CDC: Need ICD Code for Medical Errors

Letter to CDC: Need ICD Code for Medical Errors

Carl Bettinger is a physician and plaintiff lawyer  and a long time friend. He alerted me to a 2016 letter sent by Johns Hopkins University hospital to the CDC pointing out the need for a separate code to identify the frightening number of medical errors so they can be properly counted. It is a helpful resource and this is where the letter can be found:  https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2822345/Hopkins-CDC-letter.pdf   : Methodology used for collecting national health statistics We are writing this letter to respectfully ask…

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UNDERSTANDING THE REALITY OF SUFFERING FROM INJURY

UNDERSTANDING THE REALITY OF SUFFERING FROM INJURY

Both temporary and permanent injuries usually result in suffering. Lawyers who represent clients with injuries need to try to understand, as much as possible, the consequences of suffering clients endure. Here are some factors to consider in that regard. Past suffering impacts our future life enjoyment  Everyone is the product of their past experiences. Past experiences which involve injury and medical treatment can influence not just our present life, but carry over into our future as well.  Past experiences can…

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