Medical Legal Case Review

Medical malpractice case review starts with a detailed review of the facts

The Initial Case Review will take a very detailed look at the events and facts as presented in the documents that you supply for review. From that review, we can determine if there was a breach in the Standard of Care, whether that breach was the proximate cause of damages, and whether those damages are objectively significant.

In addition, the review will help you to decide which parties are the appropriate defendants, always keeping in mind prevention of the “empty chair defense”. In this way, we can prevent you from wasting your energies on irrelevant defendants while assuring that you have not excluded those that will be needed to prove your case.

A legal medical expert can help you craft winning legal strategies.

Yes, after reviewing your case, we will call you to discuss our findings. If it is felt that some aspect the case has merit, we will offer you our ideas of how the case might be pursued.

During that conversation we will explain the breach in the Standard of Care in language that you will understand with clarity. Utilizing illustrations, tables and literature excerpts as needed, we will, in consultation with you, help you define a strategic pathway for your case. This consultation will elucidate proximate causation and interpret the damages in qualitative terms.

We will find the medical expert witness that best suits your case.

We have access to thousands of expert witnesses in all fields of medicine, pharmacy, pharmacovigilance, nursing, and probably whatever other fields you might need. If we have reviewed your case and we have declared that it has merit, at your direction we will peruse the CVʼs of experts in the fields that you need.

We can then screen these experts to be sure that the expert we recommend is best suited to the type of case that you are prosecuting. All of our experts will be testifying experts who are board certified and actively practicing in their fields, and their main source of income is from that medical practice.

If we have performed the Initial Case Review, this service is complementary, otherwise the cost to locate and screen an expert is $200. Once we have made the arrangements for your expert, further billing and contact will be with that expert or the company that represents the expert.

Medical case review is done for a flat fee of $500.

If we are willing to accept your case, the size and complexity will not affect the price, however if you want an expedited response [less than ten work days] the price will increase to $750.

Ordinarily, you can expect to hear from us in 2-4 weeks from the time we receive the files.

Records can be mailed, emailed, or uploaded on this website.

Do not send us the originals of anything. We cannot guarantee their condition. Discs, X- rays, hospital records, office records, depositions, etc can be mailed, emailed or uploaded.

If you want anything returned, please inform us when you send it. You will be charged extra and the item will be returned when the payment for delivery is received.

If we have agreed to take your case, we will send you a link so you can upload your records.

A medical-legal consultant can generate a written report if requested.

At your request, we will provide a timeline and summary, an analysis, and our written recommendations after the initial case review. This is not included in the Initial Case Review and is billed separately.

A written report from Medical Malpractice Investigation can be useful in demonstrating that you have performed your due diligence for your client or referral, and in cases that have merit it is highly recommended. In those instances, a written summary will simplify issues for you and your clients, assist you in your prosecution, and help you communicate with your experts. If you have to contact us in the future, and there is no written summary, we may have to review your case again.

A medical expert consultant can craft an argument for the intended audience.

In some states, it is stipulated that a malpractice panel review your case before it can be approved for trial or some variation of this requirement. If you provide us with an example of the form of this submission, we can compose an argument that speaks directly to the physicians on the panel in terms that they will appreciate, using a physicianʼs logic.

We have found that this increases your chances of a successful petition to the panel. If your state has a similar prerequisite, we can be helpful. If we have not previously reviewed your case, an Initial Case Review may be necessary to make an effective Panel Submission.

A board certified legal medical consultant MD can help you anticipate the testimony of other MD's.

If we have done an Initial Case Review, we can further assist you by helping to prepare interrogatories for an upcoming deposition. This will be more than general assistance, as we frequently can predict the witnessʼs response to your questions and give you guidance in reacting to that response. It will sound something like, “When he says this, then you ask that.” Attorneys have reported to us witnesses dumbfounded by our questions that have accurately anticipated their testimony.

In addition, we review depositions to help you interpret content and reshape strategy that the new knowledge demands.

Our medicolegal consultants examine the national Standard of Care.

The Standard of Care is not written down in any book. It is not determined by any decree. Your expert will have an opinion about the Standard, and the defense expert will have an opinion about the Standard. We examine the national Standard of Care, not a more local standard.

Our opinions are based on that national standard, and that standard is determined by the practice patterns of physicians with the same or similar education and experience, under the same or similar circumstances.

These practice patterns are influenced by what is taught in the medical schools, written in the medical literature, and recommended by medical societies and conferences. We research these sources and utilize our own experiences as well as those of our colleagues to help define this standard for you.