Services
Attorneys involved in medical litigation have the enormous task of ensuring that all facets of the process are covered. Kurtz Legal Nurse Consulting provides the following services to assist with that task and deliver exactly what the attorney needs for the individual case:
- Screening cases for merit and defensibility
- Identifying applicable standards of care and summarizing deviations from, and adherences to, those standards
- Conducting literature searches and integrating the literature, standards/guidelines, rules and regulatory data, policy and procedures into the case analysis
- Researching and analyzing the validity of studies relied on by all parties
- Educating attorneys, insurance companies, plaintiffs and witnesses on key medical issues and applications as they apply to standards of care, departures, causation and damages
- Assessing alleged damages/injuries and identifying factors related to the allegations, including pre-existing conditions
- Organizing, with tab and pagination, medical records including: table of contents, index, Bates Stamp and notebook preparation for trial
- Summarizing, translating and interpreting medical records to produce chronology, timelines, and narrative reports for use as study tools by the attorney
- Identifying and recommending potential defendants and witnesses
- Developing a coherent narrative for the attorney to prepare persuasive theory to opposing counsel
- Averting “surprises” by preparing both sides of the argument
- Detecting tampering and missing records and assisting with Request for Production
- Navigating the healthcare system to obtain obscure medical records and crucial documentation
- Constructing, analyzing and summarizing interrogatories, discovery and trial questions, in ways the attorneys might not consider
- Locating and communicating with personally vetted medical, nursing, economic, life planning and forensic experts throughout the litigation process while isolating essential records for duplication and review
- Interviewing and preparing clients, key witnesses and experts for screening cases, depositions and trial
- Assisting in facilitating focus groups and mock trials
- Attending depositions, independent medical examinations, trials, review panels and arbitration and mediation hearings
- Preparing demonstrative evidence
- Serving as a testifying nurse expert
