Medical malpractice expert witnesses
Expert class library · 12 classes
The physicians and nurses who testify to the standard of care, and the specialists who testify to causation, in medical negligence cases.
Each class is defined by role and method, never by a person or a firm. Open one for what it is retained to answer, how its testimony is attacked under Rule 702, and the rulings, each read in the opinion.
Retained by either side
Labor curve and partogram review · Pitocin dosing review
Emergency medicine standard-of-care expertChart and triage record review · Differential diagnosis analysis
Pediatric neurology birth-injury causation expertDifferential etiology · Review of fetal monitoring, cord gases and Apgar scores
Anesthesiology standard-of-care expertAnesthesia record and vital sign trend review · Preoperative evaluation and ASA classification review
Radiology missed-diagnosis expertBlinded and unblinded image review · Comparison with prior studies
General surgery standard-of-care expertOperative report and video review · Comparison with recognized operative techniques such as the critical view of safety
Orthopedic surgery standard-of-care expertOperative and implant record review · Imaging review before and after surgery
Hospital nursing standard-of-care expertNursing chart and flowsheet review · Review of vital sign trends and early warning criteria
Nursing home and long-term care standards expertCare plan and minimum data set review · Review of fall, wound and skin assessments
Psychiatric suicide-risk standard-of-care expertSuicide risk assessment review · Review of observation and precaution orders
Cardiology standard-of-care expertECG and troponin trend review · ACC/AHA guideline comparison
Pediatrics standard-of-care expertWell-child and sick visit record review · AAP guideline comparison
Recent rulings
The 12 most recent of 41 rulings in this practice, newest first. Each links to the free opinion on CourtListener and to the class it belongs to.
Other practice areas
- Securities
- Antitrust
- Commercial
- Intellectual property
- Mass tort and product liability
- Personal injury
- Employment
- Consumer class actions
- Product engineering
- Healthcare fraud and False Claims Act
- Insurance
- Construction
- Bankruptcy and valuation
The library summarises public decisions for orientation; it is not legal advice. Read the opinion before relying on any ruling. No individual expert is named.