Preparing a Medical Witness for Deposition and Trial: A Different Approach

While the deposition testimony usually does not win the case, in a medical negligence matter, it can definitely lose it. The stakes for a physician today are higher than they have ever been. It is not an infrequent occurrence that any report to the Databank gets a review by both the State Board of Medical Examiners and any health insurer on whose panel the provider has privileges. Our clients deserve better.

12 minute read August 01, 2017 at 12:04 AM
By
Gary Riveles and Mark G. Phillips
Preparing a Medical Witness for Deposition and Trial: A Different Approach

For the last 20 years, the standard of practice for preparing a medical witness in a medical negligence matter was to prepare the witness the day of or the day before the deposition, for one hour or two — and then move directly into the deposition.

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