Can Doctor’s Prior Cases Impact the Present Case
Robert Wolff
March 30, 2015
Can a doctor’s prior bad act come into play in your medical malpractice case in the state of New York?
Can a doctor’s prior bad act come into play in your medical malpractice case in the state of New York?
Is there a danger of bringing in a medical expert who has retired from the practice of medicine?
Usually most cases have a jury trial, but it is possible to have a non-jury trial for your medical malpractice case in New York. When your case comes up and it is just about to be put on the trial calendar, you have the option of checking off one of two boxes which say jury and non-jury trial. In correlation with this scenario, it is up to you, whether you want to open the door to a jury trial, or you would like only a judge to listen to your case and pass judgment.
You have sued a doctor in a medical malpractice case in New York, and your lawyer is going to put the doctor on the witness stand at trial. The mere fact that your lawyer has called this witness to the stand, does it mean that your lawyer is vouching for this doctor’s credibility?
Why is it critical for a trial attorney to anticipate the legal issues that are going to arise during the trial? On top of this, to have a trial brief prepared-ready for the judge during trial?
When a patient is given the wrong medication, he can suffer considerably and even die. Such a person who has suffered significantly due to the wrong medication prescribed or given to them can file a medical malpractice lawsuit and claim compensation for this error and the ramifications stemming from it.
What is a Hi-Low Agreement?
With hundreds of thousands of patients passing through every year, emergency rooms in New York can be busy and hectic places. Although there may be many patients in serious condition who come in at once, each individual patient is still entitled to receive proper care and treatment by emergency room staff.
Women in New York might be concerned about a recent breast biopsy study. Getting a second opinion after a breast biopsy has become more critical since the subject has been studied extensively and the findings show that specialists often misdiagnose them. This is according to a study that was published in an issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association on March 17, which included 240 breast biopsy specimens and 115 U.S. pathologists.
What is the Purpose of having Patient Safety Rules?
