This outline and the information it contains is for educational and informational purposes, to promote discussion and analysis. 0000009060 00000 n Hospital privileges ever denied? What matters is that effective use of corporate documents can poison the well as to the physicians impression of the company and its behaviorand make them less reluctant to make concessions that may play against the patient. When did you (including anyone in your clinic/medical organization) first examine John Jones after the accident of D/A? After the Notice of Deposition is marked and covered, per tradition, the next exhibit would have been the physicians curriculum vitae, which would have been covered from A to Z. And do you believe [plaintiffs name]s injury that you treated with [procedure] was a result of the subject incident that occurred on [date of loss] to a reasonable degree of medical probability? We met for the first time today when I introduced myself to you in advance of this deposition, correct? 0000007401 00000 n That prior injury or history can affect a decision on how much of John Jones condition is due to his prior injury/history and how much is due to the accident he is suing about, cant it? Potential lines of questioning regarding placing documents in context may include the following: At this point, you should have the attention of both the doctor and jury. as an individual exhibit. !`.Yh INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAM (TREATING PHYSICIAN)-:99455 $1000 INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMS (NONTREATING PHYSICIAN)-:99456 $1250 (LETTER Offering such an opinion will leave you open to impeachment at trial. As to each of the above classes of documents, after marking the exhibit, the defendants lawyer will ask if it is a printout of an item maintained as an electronic data file. The defendants lawyer will check to be sure that the doctor brought not only bills to John Jones, but also the bills sent to attorneys in this case, either showing services to the patient or services to the attorneys. Depositions in civil actions and probate proceedings. endobj If you want to emphasize something favorable to your side of the case that was recorded in the medical records for a particular office visit or hospital stay, or you want to emphasize that something was not recorded (hence you can infer it did not exist) ask the following: Is this document, dated _________________, the record of _________ of John Jones? 3. Since the publication of Reptile: The 2009 Manual of the Plaintiffs Revolution some 10 years ago, we have seen an evolution of tactics and styles in the way depositions of company witnesses have been taken in personal injury litigation. Passed specialty board for the specialty practiced? And you created these in the ordinary course and scope of your business? Doctor-Patient: Information shared between a patient and their treating physician cannot be used against the patient in legal proceedings. If someone has a broken bone, you can see that on an x-ray and it is called an finding, isnt it? If you do not win the case at the depositions, it is likely that you will meet the same fate at trial. But the treater actually treated. 52-148e. 166 31 Inherent in this phrase is the understanding that physicians, as part of their work, must stay up to date with the evolving practice of medicine. (1) nature/expense reasonable probability4. And you did all three of those things for [patients name]? The defense attorney will identify on the records all exhibits that doctor has brought. QUALIFICATIONS 1. Learn the Medicine. Having now laid the foundation for the plaintiffs health condition and having taken a trip through time leading up to the allegations at issue, you must then make the call to determine how deep you want to go regarding substantive opinions about the product, outcomes, diagnosis and prognosis. See Appendix C. How the questions are phrased, in what order the questions are given, and what topics are covered is going to vary for each case. It may also be tape-recorded or video taped. 0000005790 00000 n Daniel DeSantis is an attorney at Alderlaw, PC in Los Angeles, where he primarily practices personal-injury law. 11 0 obj Challenging a Treating Medical Provider's Opinions Based on a False Factual Premise . 0000003085 00000 n Are there risks involved with [procedure]? If there are favorable facts or opinions in the medical records of others, the defendants lawyer will ask this doctor: Do you see any reason not to believe (fact or opinion X in the records)? Prepare the main treating doctor for a deposition, and promptly schedule and depose that treating doctor. Deposition Location - It Matters To begin, the original deposition notice must include location time and place, according to Federal Rule of Procedure 30 (b) (1). Unfortunately, a deposition is an event that many, if not most, physicians will experience at least once in their career. 2. What they ask you to do? Your email address will not be published. Both sides now approach the corporate deposition with a newfound appreciation of what is at stakeand the best attorneys plan accordingly. This outline and information cannot be used against its authors and clients. Before one can conduct a useful deposition of a plaintiff, there are three basic things that every attorney must do before the deposition even starts. To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra: [HOT] Read Latest COVID-19 Guidance, All Aspects [SCHEDULE] Upcoming COVID-19 Webinars & Online Programs, [GUIDANCE] COVID-19 and Force Majeure Considerations, [GUIDANCE] COVID-19 and Employer Liability Issues. Taking of depositions. Should we, as practitioners of one of the other learned professions, likewise move out of our comfort zones and embrace changing practices, thoughts or ideas? %%EOF For the jury, I want to shift gears and lets finally talk about what you know and what you were asked to come here to talk aboutyour records and your care and treatment of [plaintiff]. Any self limitations on type of practice? Fc MO4d. Nn%U(q:x 4q)yU c0n2'' ;{G%"rD8[d}K "vALvSmmf%]e9G`7eOLDgW-v"{sh:.v1Jm8!1@c>P ?~O &p+)! Why do they cause those same symptoms? For the plaintiff's lawyer, a lot of the work required for the deposition of a treating physician takes place just before the deposition begins. Back in the day, one of the first topics covered at the deposition was the physicians credentials. Can you tell the jury about your educational background? The use of depositions at trial, particularly videotaped ones, has become increasingly common. Did you meet with any lawyers prior to the deposition? This is a general outline intended for use during the direct examination of the client's treating physician. Case factors which suggest plaintiff fraud. Maryland Personal Injury Lawyers. (2) A treating physician and surgeon or other treating health care practitioner who is to be asked during the deposition to express opinion testimony, including opinion or factual testimony regarding the past or present diagnosis or prognosis made by the practitioner or the reasons for a particular treatment decision made by the practitioner . You want to put what they are telling you in terms of their presentation into context? Moreover, if you feel that a list of significant comorbidities would serve as an impressive K0 5wm$7>H9-5OdJ5_)/k07{Lg*Fl*5! These depositions focus on the substance of treatment, the patient's medical condition, and the patient's prognosis. EXAMINATION OF PLAINTIFF See Clinic Records, 1. Before this deposition, did you meet with the attorney for John Jones, Mr. Fox? Future conditions or impairments. stream I have two cases right now in my personal portfolio (way more firmwide) where I took the Moradi depositions prelitigation and filed suit against a newly discovered employer. endstream You performed a [L4-5 discectomy and decompression] procedure for [plaintiffs name] after more conservative care failed to help his [back] pain? Who do you compete against for this award? Education (1) board certification/significance 4. You have testified in the past as an expert on other cases on reasonable cost of medical treatment? 8 0 obj Check. A deposition is frequently used at trial to impeach a witness who testifies differently than their deposition testimony at trial. If a physician thinks a certain medication caused an adverse outcome for a patient, then they would certainly chart it so that future treaters would have the benefit of that knowledge and steer the patient away from such therapies in the future. How claims are handled by insurance adjusters. A treating physician should also never give an opinion regarding another physicians medical care while being deposed. See 28 U.S.C . Is that a reasonable cost based on your training and experience to a reasonable degree of medical probability? What they should do is challenge us to take the reins and step outside our comfort zones. Defendant Doctor's Deposition Defendant Doctor #2 ($10 million verdict) Defendant Doctor #3 ($2.5 million verdict case: doctor failed to notice signs of patient's internal bleeding that lead to his death) Defendant Doctor #4 ($5.5 million verdict: surgical error during cardiac surgery) Defense Expert (birth injury) Defense Expert #2 And despite trying to get rid of it through other means, nothing was really helping, so he came to you for help? And how many of these procedures have you done in your career to help your patients? Many physicians have had the unfortunate experience of giving a deposition. Treaters are rarely happy deponents. MEDICAL DEPOSITION - VEHICLE COLLISION. While a treating physician is not generally classified as an expert witness, it is not an absolute rule and he may be deemed an expert in certain circumstances. It is important to review these documents for the following two purposes: Whether the plaintiff's doctor had a complete medical brief ~Z#'tqkCIj.Qft&QR <> Do you have a Curriculum Vitae, (or C.V. or an outline form of your education, professional history, accolades, interests, and other relevant information to your medical treatment of John Jones)? Contact Alex Sweis at McKenna Storer about this article or any questions relating to Insurance Defense. You may learn something about how the question could appropriately be answered from the objection. Austin, Texas 78731 (512) 346-5688 . What is the basis of that opinion? Were they lawyers retained by the plaintiff in this litigation? Did they discuss with you any internal company documents? The first five are bitesize. Did plaintiffs counsel compensate you for your time? Did you disclose those to [plaintiffs name]? A TYPICAL DEPOSITION OUTLINE Formalities at beginning of deposition 1. It is important it is to create medical records which are truthful, isnt it? The tired practice of following an outline loosely based on Introduction, Credentials, Records Review, Opinion and Thank You for Your Time, Doctor is over. As a medical malpractice defendant. Do our court reporters come to the conference room with a pad and pencil ready to write down every word? On both of those cases, I have already deposed and videorecorded the treating surgeons. Asked you to tell jury about him? Tried, settled or still ongoing? << /Length 3 0 R (Who? 0000005060 00000 n If not, then it is not worth the time and money and posturing to settlement and to save on the litigation costs might be the better approach. Conclusions reached: x rays, medical illustrations etc, 1. D/A refers to the actual date of the accident, e.g., January 12, 2010. The treating physicians know why they are using certain treatments and drugs and not others. Unlike the company records, you have an educated background as to the medical records and documents for [plaintiff]? A physician being deposed as a defendant must prepare by meeting with his/her attorney and reviewing the issues likely to arise during the proceedings. Plaintiffs 213F disclosures will contain the treating physicians that plaintiff intends to call at trial. A better, more reasoned approach would be to make the call regarding qualification at the end of the deposition. <> Before entering this phase of oral discovery, the defense attorney will have all of the records for the treaters. 95. endstream endobj 695 0 obj <>stream 698 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<352186D50418074EACA279C3AF9D6495><290B7E37AE5F8F4E8C51CFCC6B763D9B>]/Index[691 18]/Info 690 0 R/Length 56/Prev 66248/Root 692 0 R/Size 709/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream treating physician deposition california. Special qualifications seeCV if any1) publications/honors/societies, B. Date of suit? Life expectancy impacted? The term Secondary Gain in medicine means The gain derived from an illness, such as personal attention and service, monetary gains, disability benefits, and release from unpleasant responsibilities, doesnt it? If the doctor flips on you, is difficult or provides testimony that you hope to never see or hear again, then you certainly would not take steps as your questioning winds down to walk through their training, education and experience, would you? A physician being deposed as a defendant must prepare by meeting with his/her attorney and reviewing the issues likely to arise during the proceedings. Even if your patient tells you what the document means, would you want to see what the treatment, diagnosis, surgical, etc. Code of Civil Procedure section 2025.620, subdivision (d) states: Any party may use a video recording of the deposition testimony of a treating or consulting physician or of any expert witness even though the deponent is available to testify if the deposition notice under section 2025.220 reserved the right to use the deposition at trial, and if that party has complied with subdivision (m) of section 2025.340. 4. So even if the person isnt consciously increasing their pain, the end of a lawsuit may be a source of relief of tension and pain? Bills for services to Mr. Fox or his legal firm? 98. Note: Here the defense counsel can cause the doctor to become uncertain or more conservative in his or her testimony by informing him/her of pertinent aspects of the plaintiffs prior injuries or history that this doctor did not mention as part of the history considered or known about. endobj And the list goes on, with most of us quietly congratulating ourselves after the fact on our ability to read a CV into the record. Or, at least it should be. Have you ever been contacted by an attorney who represents the plaintiff in [current] litigation? 2 0 obj Saves you time in preparing your deposition outline. stream What documents did Mr. Fox show you, and what documents did you show Mr. Fox? How did your management of plaintiff overlap with that of Dr.? DEPOSITION FEE SCHEDULE/ MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULE 9080 Post RD Suite 200 Las Vegas, NV 89148 (702) 739-4263 Phone (877) 739-3590 Fax DEPOSITIONS-: 99075 $1,100/HR (If travel is needed cost may vary) REVIEW OF MEDICAL RECORDS- 99199 $275 per 15 min incr. Nailing your deposition is tall order. We'll outline 16 "best practices" that are critical to your success. Did you ask for payment, or did Mr. Fox tell you he would pay you? Generally the defense gains an advantage in the deposition of a plaintiffs treating doctor by making the examination, long, detailed, and boring. Build a Morning News Brief: Easy, No Clutter, Free! What else did you review in preparation for this deposition? 2023 by the author. % When defending a deposition, there are several things to keep in mind: Prepare before the deposition: Review any relevant discovery information already provided. And that number does not include the surgery center cost? Were there any consultations with other doctors? It does not matter that the doctor has not seen the documents, that the documents have little or nothing to do with the science of medicine surrounding the product, or that the documents are in no way temporally related to the care and treatment of the patient. endobj All files and records regarding this lawsuit, including all correspondence between the doctor and any person, firm, company, attorney, or organization relating to this suit or the injuries of John Jones. Learn the medical issues, terms, and applicable standard of care. When was the first time you or anyone in your clinic/medical organization saw John Jones? License to practice medicine ever revoked, suspended, restricted? Board of Medical Specialties (www.abms.org) and determine whether the opposing expert has been board certified in her claimed specialty. However, regardless of the outcome of the case, [plaintiffs name] is still responsible to pay your bills in full? Party subject to taking of deposition. 7 Id. This proactive tactic leads to better settlements for the plaintiff. 3 0 obj If the records are illegible, then the deposition may serve a purpose just to understand what is in the records. Ive written before about my belief that your trial notebook (and deposition notebook) should contain basic check lists or outlines for every examination you conduct whether you are an experienced or inexperienced trial lawyer. Take breaks when you need them or if your attorney suggests it. Other than medical reporting, the workers' comp deposition is the main way for the insurance company to learn about the worker's injury. Now at this talk between you and Mr. Fox to which I was not invited and for which you are to be paid by Mr. Fox, what did you say to each other? If the treaters records are detailed with complaints, recommendations and causation, then deposing that treater just to read back his records is not useful. The defense lawyer can subpoena or otherwise secure the attendance of the treating physician at a deposition. What was your testimony about? Over time, however, we have adapted. The Carlson Law Firm, PC . Do you have a copy of the transcript of your testimony? What is the most important thing for me to do after my injury? So what about us defense lawyers? Attorney's checklist for evaluating cases. <> Medical school, internship, residency, fellowship? If you are a defendant in a lawsuit, you must set aside adequate time to both review the patient's record and meet with your own counsel. Education(1) board certification/significance4. Sec. A Dive into Third-Party Litigation Financing and Third-Party Medical Funding, The Evolution of Texas Appellate Practice| David Keltner | Texas Appellate Law Podcast, FTC Issues Proposed Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements. HT]o[7}.-RlkC:ncg;\!uxDg'PJAbt&&$/OJBNZ%z6HrTtV>/j~b3Cq h?nFzgbSD7}ekJ[31-c. Read his full bio here: Alexander Sweis Full Bio, defense attorney will have all of the records, settlement and to save on the litigation costs. Every deposition has an errata sheet, on which you can correct any errors to your testimony. In many cases, it has resulted in more efficient medicine with better outcomes for patients ranging from curing or eliminating diseases (such as hepatitis C) to cutting inpatient hospital stays from weeks to days. 1. Tell us about your medical background, starting with medical school. endobj Free Consultation (800) 553-8082 Miller & Zois helps injured victims and their families in personal injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death cases. The settlement style of large and conservative insurers. 2. Required fields are marked *. Almost all medical-legal reports will include a category or section listing the various documents that the plaintiff's doctor reviewed and/or relied upon in the preparation of his or her opinion and report. Also establish the absence of any addendum, correction or revision to the record since the filing of the lawsuit and since the deponent has discussed the case with the plaintiffs counsel. Now you have a logical segue to the medical records. Leave with a better understanding of the overall deposition process. Ask the court reporter if s/he is ready. Do the tables come outfitted with ashtrays for our smokes and carafes of stale water with cloudy ice cubes? The outline included is not meant to be a comprehensive outline of all possible The court reporter's role is to administer an oath or affirmation and then transcribe verbatim every comment made in the room during the deposition. endobj Medical personnel, working in medical intensive care units, are exposed to fatigue associated with alarms emitted by numerous medical devices used for diagnosing, treating, and monitoring patients. How long did you spend reviewing those additional items in preparation for this deposition? What physical examination was made and what were the findings? 17 0 obj J&zXLEn& "( [2mf#'cwvm/*Uz/MealffAc,sX19 v @@;@R`q9 9b Should you fail to appear, the defendant may petition the court for recovery of any expenses incurred as a result. Proximate cause of injury: reasonable probability, 1. Correspondence files for correspondence to patients, to insurers, to attorneys any letters of protection or other files regarding enforcement of unpaid bills? % }oPqp[h|sI>T>Q~K)g.s5j|\fS6R}?QzFwPml_M0Sqf 0^)/^c {BB8&i1=fDY. By now, before any substantive shots have been fired, you will have established that the corporate documents were not only shown out of context but also that they have nothing to do with the plaintiffwhich is why the doctor is here. Notice of taking of deposition. Have you referred to any articles or texts in reviewing this case or in preparing your opinions or to testify in this case? And in that situation, the pain generator is the incident and not the degeneration? Lets discuss why. Did you try to separate out how much of John Jones condition is due to his prior injury/history and how much is due to the accident he is suing about? Through training, targeted witness preparation, issue-focused redirect examinations and effective motion practice, we have worked to neutralize and eliminate those jury-friendly sound bites. Since medical malpractice depositions are an essential part of discovery, your attendance is mandatory. And the jury will be more inclined to believe your testimony. x\F?r.R }`?|0x.}+LTsPK/V::4hw~o_~8?>|0cWEC||c\0oo[v+/a/I~Of^/yk.cQ>wk}Z%|zBVbY>XTOf+Zmm5-uR+8MNOk5hZz S_JmCh1);w+_:u `GC@xC]x`=UO61=O:Koz/c.FgD"xL9*}:W;=x @.&3ntBVOAwxmA;UD%rk Y7.MA1>l5d>`y4|%jg_8 oTmi\ Privileges in hospitals in the area? Findings; D. ROLE IN CASE. Understand the purpose and format of a typical physician's deposition; Recognize many of the tricks and tactics attorneys will use in an effort to trap the physician or extract testimony; Understand how best to prepare for a pending deposition in order to provide the best possible defensive testimony; and. After all, innovation in your questioning could very well be the sine qua non of your success. The old idiom take them out to the woodshed harkens back to the days when a child or individual would be taken out of the house to the proverbial woodshed for some one-on-one behavioral modification. Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governs the use of a deposition at trial. HWmO8_G.S)n[PA@,=f} IpfyQ5:,=M'bt8XX.aUYeF$Y/GRlB4'iW mig[qWf8v#3"E(9r9TRSY)lkOT?I) KL]EYWCm]Mp]t2XmThAAU)rBr The purpose of going through this exercise is twofold. 2. Good afternoon, Dr. Doe. 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