HOW I OBTAINED JUSTICE The Defendant’s Medical Records V. The Facts By Geoffrey Pope & Marc Howard In 2012, a referring lawyer brought Terri Franklin to our office. Terri was a 31-year-old who had given birth less than a year earlier to a little girl named Kendyl. During her pregnancy, Terri had taken the teratogenic blood pressure medication Benicar. Also ...

Cases against Johnson & Johnson continue to proceed to trial.

BY SHARON ZINNS Many lawyer have a system for tracking a client’s progress during a routine injury, even a serious one: make sure she’s treating until recovered, track medical records and bills, send a demand package, file suit. But what do you do when you client is gravely or fatally ill or injured. There is no time or necessity for ...

BY SUSAN M. WITT, WITT LAW GROUP, LLC It was a February evening when I got a call from a man about his fiancé who had undergone an outpatient plastic surgery procedure and was now lying in ICU fighting for her life. The family was led to believe that something had gone terribly wrong during the surgery, but the facts ...

BY LEE WALLACE Professional liability cases ought to mediate regularly and successfully. After all, trial is an unsavory option in a malpractice lawsuit, given the high costs of experts, the complex subject matter that is difficult to explain to a jury, and the lengthy trial time. Furthermore, mediation can be very effective at resolving cases. For example, in the medical ...

BY LEE GUTSCHENRITTER AND GARY THOMPSON In an urban environment, it is almost an everyday occurrence to witness a first responder emergency vehicle (typically with lights and sirens flashing and blaring) speeding through city streets. The more prudent drivers of these emergency vehicles remain aware of their surroundings and slow down as they approach intersections to make sure they are ...