How to Pass an Unethical Test Is to Do the Best With What's Given

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼?

I was sent 𝟰 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 and asked to opine.

Little did I know I was being tested


Medical malpractice case reviews take a long time

Because the medical records are voluminous

But you still have to comb through them all

𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚


A plaintiff's attorney asked me to review a matter

So after scheduling a free litigation consultation

Where the case was discussed broadly

I then ruled out a conflict of interest

𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝟰 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨


Why was this a shocker❓

Because I am usually sent thousands of pages

𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙


I was sent:

• The Pre-operative eval (1 page)
• The Surgical operative report (2 pages)
• The Intra-operative paper record (1 page)

Sometimes you work with what you have


During the follow-up Zoom, I laid out my theory

I shared my screen and went line by line

Point by point, and gave a final answer

The attorney responded: "You're hired"

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝟯𝙠 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨


Turns out, I was being tested and I "passed" the test

The encounter still feels odd and makes me wonder

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙖 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝟰 𝙙𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 "𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨" 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩?



𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 "𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙" 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 "𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙?"