This class will focus on the underlying theory and the routine practice of medical malpractice litigation. The goal of this seminar is to provide students interested in medical malpractice litigation specifically, but also in medical issues in litigation generally, with an understanding of the claims and defenses in medical injury cases, the attendant investigatory and discovery problems, the evidentiary issues raised when dealing with medical witnesses and documents, alternative dispute resolution considerations unique to medical cases and the various ways to effectively present medical evidence at hearing or trial. As this is a practice oriented seminar students will through the course of the semester apply what they are learning to the investigation, pleading, discovering, negotiating and ultimately presenting a hypothetical medical malpractice case.

Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: No
Seminar: No
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Limited Enrollment Number: 12
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class - Completely Secure
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
Teaching Method: In Person

* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.