The Christmas Effect with Senior Medial Malpractice Lawyer Barb Legate

About this episode

Chris Rokosh discusses the risks of hospital care during the holidays with lawyer Barb Legate, focusing on a case of newborn injury.

Send a text Hospital care is riskier during holidays—and sometimes with devastating consequences. In this encore episode of Inside Medical Malpractice, Chris Rokosh speaks with leading medical negligence lawyer Barb Legate about a newborn injury that occurred over the Christmas holidays in a large teaching hospital. What began as newborn jaundice progressed to kernicterus, one of many Hospital Never Events. They explore The Christmas Effect, uncover surprising trial details, and share practic...

People in this episode

Host: Chris Rokosh

Guest: Barb Legate

Topics covered

• medical malpractice
• hospital care
• newborn injury
• kernicterus
• Christmas Effect

Keywords

• medical negligence
• hospital never events
• trial details

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Christmas Effect, Inside Medical Malpractice

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