Whether it is your first or your fiftieth medical malpractice trial, you can always benefit from key strategies that will help you win your next trial. Learn about the pros and cons of a jury versus a non-jury trial, considerations when physicians are witnesses, deciding when to take the lead at trial, and assessing whether last minute settlements are beneficial.  

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• Jury vs. Non-Jury trials – What are the pros and cons? When do they make sense in a medical malpractice case? What goes into a defendant’s decision to bring a motion to strike a jury?
• Physicians as witnesses – How to approach preparing, examining, and cross-examining a physician witness. How to approach treating physicians versus retained medico-legal experts.
• Taking the lead – How to decide which defendant group (physician or hospital) will “take the lead” at trial or during certain portions of the trial. What strategic considerations play into these decisions?

Last minute settlements – When does it make sense to settle some issues (liability or damages) during or on the eve of trial? When does it make sense for plaintiff’s counsel to narrow the defendants during or on the eve of trial?

PROGRAM CHAIRS/MODERATORS

Nadia Marotta, Lerners LLP 
Alexa Turner, Torkin Manes LLP

PANELISTS

Barbara A. MacFarlane, Torkin Manes LLP
Anna Marrison, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Mark D. Lerner, Lerners LLP