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| CLE for the Professional Negligence Practitioner |
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DAVID BALL on MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: The New Research
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Academy HQ, Raleigh
5.0 CLE Hours
Register Online
This is the most important development in how to try a case in years!
Since mid-2006, North Carolina trial consultant David Ball and three of America’s top trial attorneys—Atlanta’s Don Keenan, Kentucky’s Gary Johnson, and Wyoming’s Jim Fitzgerald –have been conducting a unique series of deep-research jury sessions across the country. The results have surpassed the team’s most optimistic hopes, and revolutionized the field’s understanding of juror decision-making. Without throwing out the tried-and-true “David Ball on Damages” methodology or any of a number of other effective approaches, the new methods transform even the worst of jurors into your allies. The playing field remains as steeply tilted as ever – but now the tilt is in our favor.
The long courtroom nightmare of tort-“reform” is finally ending – even for med mal cases. If you think this is an exaggeration, you have not yet learned the new approach!
Attendance at this seminar is limited to NCATL Members who represent the plaintiff in medical malpractice cases.
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| Section & Division Subportals |
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November 20, 2008
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| Welcome to the Professional Negligence Section subportal! |
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If you are a member of this section, from this site you will be able to access information available only to Professional Negligence Section members.
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News and Updates |
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As part of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice's effort to correct misrepresentations by lobbyists for malpractice "reform," we have prepared a comprehensive report on the incidence of malpractice suits in NC, the number and outcome of malpractice trials, and the size of jury awards. The report is based on the AOC database of all medical malpractice case filings since January 1, 1998, supplemented by Superior Court files of each case that went to trial. We appreciate the contributions of members who visited your local clerk's office to obtain information about the disposition of tried cases.
You can read the final report by clicking here. You will see that Table 3 lists all tried cases by date of disposition. Table 4 lists all tried cases by county. Please check cases with which you are familiar to verify that the information is accurate. Please contact me to correct any errors.
Note that this list does not include cases that were filed before January 1, 1998 -- the AOC database started in 1998.
96% of cases were resolved without trial. Of the 196 cases that were tried, the patient won 44 times. In those 44 cases, the median verdict was $301,300.
We would welcome any suggestions or comments.
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| Structure & Governance |
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CHAIR
Troy Stafford
1321 E. Morehead St.
Charlotte, NC 28204
704.377.5242 |
VICE-CHAIR
R. Kent Brown
PO Box 35189
Charlotte, NC 28235
704.335.1500 |
SECRETARY
William Elam
PO Box 30457
Charlotte, NC 28230
704.343.0000 |
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Deborah Casey
1321 E. Morehead St.
Ste. B
Charlotte, NC 28204
704.372.1262 |
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CLE Chair
Herbert Phillips, IV
83 Forest Rd.
Asheville, NC 28803
828.274.1223
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Publications Co-Chair
Mark McGrath
PO Box 14029
Rsrch Triangle Park, NC 27709
919.433.4480
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Publications Co-Chair
Jennifer Umbaugh
PO Box 1100
Wrightsville, NC 27480
910.256.5820
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Legislative Chair
Patrick Balestrieri
410 Glenwood Avenue
Ste. 200
Raleigh, NC 27603
919.821.0005 |
Ethics Chair
Adam Stein
312 W. Franklin St.
Ste. 2
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919.933.5300 |
PAC Chair
Paul Goodson
PO Box 35341
Charlotte, NC 28235
704.331.8014 |
Membership Chair
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