The Non-Party Physician

Last month, the authors began a discussion of the crucial role non-party physicians often play in medical malpractice cases. Here, they look at some methods for obtaining the evidence they possess.

21 minute readFebruary 29, 2012 at 09:00 AM

John L.A. Lyddane

Barbara D. Goldberg

Last month, we began a discussion of the crucial role non-party physicians often play in medical malpractice cases. Here, we look at some methods for obtaining the evidence they possess.

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