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Can An Expert Witness Charge Exorbitant Fees?

Here is a scenario for a medical malpractice case: the victim claims his orthopedist violated the basic standards of medical care, which resulted in significant injuries for him. During the course of litigation, the defense refused to negotiate, which meant the victim had to seek a trial to determine the truth.

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Surgical errors still occur in spite of preventive protocol

New York patients facing surgery might deal with worries about their outcomes, especially in light of the fact that errors are possible. Although Universal Protocol was introduced just over a decade ago in an effort to reduce the occurrence of serious errors, there are still a significant number of never events, which are surgical errors that are considered to be preventable. A recent study grouped them into three primary categories, including surgical fires, leaving a foreign object in a patient and operating on the wrong site.

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Can the Jury Ask for a Clarification from the Judge Germane to his Legal Instructions

It is the end of your medical malpractice trial and the attorneys have made their closing arguments. Now the judge locks the courtroom door, and gives the jury an hour’s worth of legal instructions that they have to follow in order to reach a decision on this case. However, what happens if the jury does not truly understand all of the judge’s instruction? Can they ask the judge to clarify some of those guidelines?

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