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J.S. Held

Explaining Standard of Care in Construction Disputes

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Setting the Stage for Construction Litigation Support - The scale and complexity of construction projects often lead to a different outcome than expected, creating a dispute between the parties. Many construction disputes...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

A New Standard of Care for Medical Liability?

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A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) triggers a question as to whether the standard of care to evaluate claims for medical malpractice should be changed. For decades, the New Jersey Model...more

Marshall Dennehey

Experts in Defense: Delaware Superior Court Agrees that Expert Witnesses Must Opine Beyond Mere Speculation to Meet Basic...

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Key Points:  Expert medical testimony must be offered unequivocally to support causation in medical negligence cases....more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Expert Competency Rule Change Reverses Effects of Johnson v. Abdullah

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To succeed in meeting their evidentiary burden for a medical malpractice claim, a plaintiff must prove a breach of the standard of care, causation, and damages through expert testimony. See Bruni v. Tatsumi, 46 Ohio St.2d...more

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Products Liability Series: Does Arkansas Law Require an Expert Witness?

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Does Arkansas products liability law require an expert witness? Technically, the answer is “it depends.” But for a plaintiff to make a claim in a products case, the answer is almost always “yes.”...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Tips for Medical Malpractice Litigation

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Winning a medical malpractice lawsuit has many different variables that need to be proven. Medical malpractice happens when a health care professional, doctor, or hospital, through a negligent act or omission, causes injury...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Missouri’s Recent Take On The Cumulative Expert Standard

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Recently, the Missouri Supreme Court in Shallow v. Follwell affirmed its permissive view of cumulative standard for experts. No. SC 96901 (Mo. Sept. 11, 2018). Put simply, a Missouri court will not exclude multiple experts...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...
Robinson v. Azer

Court's ruling on motion for new trial and/or remittitur of a record personal injury verdict, on 7/20/2017

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This transcript is the trial court's ruling denying a defendant's motion for new trial and/or remittitur of the verdict amount ($8.35 million, a record in this court) in a medical malpractice case brought for a man whose...more

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Robinson v. Azer

Plaintiffs’ Opposition To Motion For Remittitur Or New Trial

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This brief was filed in successful opposition to a defense motion for new trial or to reduce a large verdict for the plaintiffs in a medical malpractice trial in the District of Columbia in 2017. The brief addresses issues...more

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