Roughly 85-90% of the cases we see are resolved through settlements. However, that wasn’t the case for Connie Lockhart. Her case went all the way through a jury trial, where 12 individuals were tasked with deciding the future of the case through a verdict. Fighting...
The Turning Point for Ryan Stephens What we learned from this deposition is that when Dr. Ford entered the order for Ryan Stephens to see a urologist based on his report of a testicular mass, there was a practice guideline that presented for Dr. Ford to review which...
The Story of Ryan Stephens Ryan Stephens was a lovable, kind, 25-year-old married to his sweetheart, Courtney. People would describe him as a ‘gentle giant’ or ‘big teddy bear’. He worked at the Red Cross as a lab technician, and regularly volunteered to help with...
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...
