Dr. Burton Bentley discusses how one question can help measure a medical expert's engagement level.  Watch the full deep dive on Winning the Battle of the Experts below.

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Trials often turn on the proverbial “battle of the experts,” with medical experts frequently at the heart of those debates. However, problems can arise along the way — from missed deadlines to surprise testimony and out-of-control billing — that undermine the odds of winning those crucial battles. And all of those problems typically stem from one root issue, according to a leading authority on the intersection of medicine and the law.

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Update: Following an emergency motion for trial continuance, the proceeding was declared a mistrial. 

Decatur, GA— Attorneys Tuesday delivered competing narratives as to what caused a deadly, multi-crash incident involving a big rig, as trial opened against a trucking company and others. Freeman, et al. v. Ace American Insurance Co., et al., 17A62825. 

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Following claims of juror misconduct that preceded a $1.2 million trial verdict for a Georgia lawyer injured in a 2016 rear-end crash, the parties settled the case for just north of $2 million, one of the lawyer’s attorneys told CVN.

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Gainesville, FL— Jurors Friday handed down a $2.3 million verdict against a Florida nursing home for the role they found it played in the death of one of its former residents. Redding v. Parklands Facility, Inc., 2022-CA-000311.