It’s no small thing to accuse a healthcare professional of malpractice. I come from a family of doctors – my father, uncle and cousins. Doctors don’t want to be accused of hurting a patient. And that happens – sometimes they get accused when they shouldn’t. It’s...
Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States according to a recent Johns Hopkins study – third only to heart disease and cancer. And by medical error, we’re talking about preventable medical errors. We’re not talking about just a...
This article originally appeared in the December 2020 issue of Trial Magazine. AAJ members can find it in the online issue here. Humans are visual creatures, and as a first principle, anything that can be explained visually should be explained visually. Our practice...