In a rare malpractice suit against a doctor in his role as expert, a New Jersey jury has exonerated an orthopedist of a charge he cost a client $1.2 million by not showing up to testify at a trial in 1999. The plaintiff was an electrician disabled in an accident, who alleged that he was forced to take a $500,000 settlement because the expert failed to appear as scheduled. The jury found that the case was worth $1.7 million, but that the plaintiff's failure to get that sum wasn't the doctor's fault.
December 04, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
When a client is hurt by the failure of lawyers and experts to communicate, whose fault is it? A New Jersey jury’s verdict suggests an answer: the lawyers.
In a rare malpractice suit against a doctor in his role as expert, the jury has exonerated an orthopedist of a charge he cost a client $1.2 million by not showing up to testify at a trial in 1999.
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