Fall 2005 Course Schedule

Medical Liabiity & Pblc Hlth (LAW-719-002)
Pavsner & Parver

Meets: 08:00 PM - 09:50 PM (T) - Room 526

Enrolled: 18 / Limit: 22

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Description

This seminar will provide an in-depth look at medical liability/malpractice, a specialized topic within the field of tort law. The course will offer an overview of the traditional medical liability system; explore the state of the law of medical liability; provide practical insights into how to bring, pursue, defend and resolve a medical liability claim; and discuss alternative approaches to the traditional medical liability system, including those in place and those under discussion at the time of the seminar. The course will be presented in lecture format, and will be enriched with frequent guests experienced in the field, including judges, mediators, plaintiff and defense lawyers, and experts who have testified in medical liability cases. There will be substantial opportunity for class participation. Readings will be assigned from M. Boumil and D. Sharpe, Liability in Medicine and Public Health, (West 2004) ( Text ), current case reports, applicable statutes and medical literature. The seminar will benefit students wishing to work in the medico-legal field, as well as students interested in tort litigation in general. The seminar will be evaluated on the basis of class participation and a take-home exam. Students will be given a complex fact pattern and related documents, including appropriately redacted and sanitized medical records, hospital policies and guidelines, applicable statutes, pleadings, and other documents, and will be tested on their ability to identify the proper parties, set forth the claims and defenses they may assert, and describe the damages the plaintiff(s) may be entitled to recover. 2-credits.

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