"There is no end in sight to the frequency with which health care providers become lawsuit targets in our litigious society. While politicians, practitioners, insurance companies and trial attorneys debate the nation's "malpractice crisis", suits continue to be filed. In addition, now that COVID-19 is behind us and the unprecedented public support for health care providers has waned, , it is anticipated that physicians and nurses will again become malpractice defendants to a remarkable degree. In fact, the post COVID-19 uptick in lawsuits against medical and nursing professionals will continue for the foreseeable future. A complete review of all that a physician or nurse can expect to happen after being named a defendant in a medical malpractice matter and all that will be expected of that practitioner to assist in the action's defense through trial. The purpose of this book is to educate the clinician as to the litigation process and to help the practitioner cope under typically trying circumstances. Ultimately, the book will serve to strengthen the clinician when feelings of weakness, doubt, frustration and anger surface"--
There is no end in sight to the frequency with which health care providers become lawsuit targets in our litigious society.
While politicians, practitioners, insurance companies and trial attorneys debate the nation's "malpractice crisis", suits continue to be filed. In addition, now that COVID-19 is behind us and the unprecedented public support for health care providers has waned, , it is anticipated that physicians and nurses will again become malpractice defendants to a remarkable degree. In fact, the post COVID-19 uptick in lawsuits against medical and nursing professionals will continue for the foreseeable future. A complete review of all that a physician or nurse can expect to happen after being named a defendant in a medical malpractice matter and all that will be expected of that practitioner to assist in the action's defense through trial. The purpose of this book is to educate the clinician as to the litigation process and to help the practitioner cope under typically trying circumstances.
Ultimately, the book will serve to strengthen the clinician when feelings of weakness, doubt, frustration and anger surface.
There is no end in sight to the frequency with which health care providers become lawsuit targets in our litigious society.
Preface. Author Biography.
Chapter
1. YOUVE BEEN SERVED.
Chapter
2.
INITIAL RESPONSE TO SUIT.
Chapter
3. YOUR DEFENSE COUNSEL.
Chapter
4. INITIAL
MEETING WITH DEFENSE COUNSEL.
Chapter
5. DISCOVERY.
Chapter
6. THE THREE
BEARS
Chapter
7. DISCOVERY TOOLS.
Chapter
8. YOUR CURRICULUM VITAE.
Chapter
9. ANSWERING INTERROGATORIES.
Chapter
10. YOUR DEPOSITION.
Chapter
11. POST
DEPOSITION EVENTS.
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12. SETTTLEMENT OPTION.
Chapter
13. TRIAL
PREPARATION.
Chapter
14. THE TRIAL
Jeffrey A. Krompier, Esq. is the founder and managing partner of the Parsippany, New Jersey, law firm which bears the name Krompier & Tamn, L.L.C. He is admitted to the bars of New Jersey and New York. Mr. Krompier is a 1977 magna cum laude and college honors graduate of Rutgers University and received both Phi Beta Kappa and Rutgers Scholar designations. In 1980, Mr. Krompier graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he was an Associate Articles Editor of the Law Review and a judicial intern to the late Honorable Lawrence Whipple of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Upon graduation, Mr. Krompier served as judicial law clerk to the late Honorable Bertram Polow of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, and thereafter began the private practice of law. In 1982, Mr. Krompier joined a medical malpractice defense firm where he practiced until 1986, when he founded his current firm, which is devoted to defending healthcare professionals in malpractice matters.
