A physician is a professional person. A physician commits professional negligence by failing to do something that a reasonably careful physician would do, or doing something that a reasonably careful physician would not do, under similar circumstances. The law requires that the determination as to whether the physician acted in an acceptable manner, which is a determination usually made by a jury, is to be based upon expert testimony. If a physician or other professional is negligent and a person suffers an injury as a direct and proximate result of that negligence, the law requires that the negligent professional compensate the injured party with money damages.
The presentation of medical malpractice claims usually requires the use of expert testimony and often involves the use of medical exhibits. Medical malpractice claims, therefore, can be very expensive to prosecute and usually require extraordinary time and resources in order to be successful. Beutel Hurst Boleky LLC maintains and applies strict standards in evaluating potential cases. Potential cases must have both substantial injury and actionable professional negligence. Beutel Hurst Boleky LLC consults highly qualified expert witnesses from institutions across the country and around the world in evaluating and prosecuting medical malpractice claims.
Beutel Hurst Boleky LLC possesses the essential knowledge and understanding of medical issues to communicate with expert witnesses in the evaluation and prosecution of medical malpractice claims, to cross-examine medical defendants and experts hired by the defense, to discover relevant and important facts, and, ultimately, to present the case to a jury.
An expert who does not have the credentials or the credibility to stand-up to aggressive cross-examination cannot support a claim for malpractice. In presenting a malpractice case from the plaintiff's perspective, the expert witness must be beyond reproach since it is the plaintiff who bears the burden of proof.
At Beutel Hurst Boleky LLC, we routinely consult with world-renowned experts in the particular specialty at issue in a particular case. We have consulted expert witnesses from across the country and around the world. We will spare no expense in consulting with expert witnesses to support our client's claim. Because of our knowledge and understanding of the medical issues involved in a particular case, we are able to appreciate exactly what medical testimony would be helpful and what would be necessary. We then call upon our knowledge of the medical issues in order to intelligently discuss our cases with our chosen experts.
Medical exhibits, such as illustrations, models and animations are known as demonstrative evidence. There must be both a basis in the record for the illustration, model or animation, and there must be testimony authenticating the exhibit. We work closely with our medical illustrators and animators as well as with our expert witnesses in order to develop medical exhibits that are both admissible at trial and persuasive to the jury.