Know Your Opponent: Trends in Plaintiff's Attorney Tactics
About this episode
The episode discusses the tactics used by plaintiff's attorneys in medical malpractice litigation and how physicians can prepare for these challenges.
Litigation in the U.S. is an enormous business sector. Tort costs exceeded $529 billion in 2022, rising at 7.1% annually between 2016 and 2022, outpacing both inflation and GDP growth. Medical malpractice litigation is part of this machine. The burden gets passed back to American households through higher premiums, defensive medicine, and reduced resources for care. Your opponent in litigation is not the plaintiff. It's the plaintiff's attorney, who is part of this industry -- and you are what stands between them and, potentially, millions of dollars. So doesn't it make sense that they will try any tactic available to them to win--even if they know, deep down, that your care was reasonable? Trial consultant and communications expert Heather Hansen returns to the podcast to talk about knowing your opponent: what plaintiff's attorneys are doing, why they're doing it, and how unprepared physicians can get stuck in sticky traps, even when their medicine was good. Plaintiff's attorneys publicly teach their newest tactics to one another as a matter of furthering their business interests -- and now you can understand what they're doing as well. Guest: Heather Hansen is a deposition and…
Topics covered
- litigation
- medical malpractice
- plaintiff's attorney tactics
- defensive medicine
- physician preparedness
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