Expert Witness Truism: It’s Not What You Think Happened Its What You Can Prove Happened

𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆: "𝘔𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘺"

𝗠𝗲: "𝘐 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘻𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩"

Most attorneys are well-intentioned professionals
↳𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

The role of a medical expert witness is different:

• We review the labwork
• We analyze depositions
• We assess the vital signs
• We read the progress notes
• We evaluate the medical records
• We judge the consultations performed

Then, we opine on the breaches in standards of care
↳𝗢𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀

🛑𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙋 🛑

It isn't what we "𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸" has happened
↳It's what we can "𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲" or "𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲"

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆:
Dont be swayed by subjective narratives from the attorney, client, family, or patient
↳𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 (𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺)

𝗣.𝗦. - 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨?