To Prevail In a Malpractice Suit, You Need An Edge

By Linda Orlando

In today’s society, the practice of medicine is highly specialized and extremely advanced, carried out by professionals with years of intense training and experience. An overwhelming majority of medical procedures and surgeries are performed successfully without any complications. But in the unlikely event that you or someone you love suffers injuries resulting from a procedure at the hands of an incompetent doctor, or if you are a doctor being sued unfairly by a patient, you need the assistance of an expert in order to navigate your way through the intricacies of our legal system to leave the courtroom with a satisfactory ruling.

Essential Edge is a highly experienced professional litigation support services consulting firm assisting both defendants and plaintiffs nationwide. Their staff consists of a unique combination of legal and medical professionals that can assist you with any part of your case. Working with board-certified expert witnesses, they can provide attorneys and legal teams with a full range of medical and legal services that are cost-effective and goal-oriented. Their information can help develop legally solid, technically accurate cases for both plaintiffs and defendants in cases dealing with medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury, product liability, negligence, workman’s compensation, and many other areas. To be successful in a courtroom, your case must not only be accurate, it must be thorough and compelling. Helping you develop a compelling case is the primary goal of Essential Edge, and they have years of experience and success in doing just that.

Expert witnesses are an essential part of a thoroughly prepared medical case and provide invaluable credibility and professional support for your position. Essential Edge can locate board-certified physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals that are highly qualified practicing specialists in their respective fields, and that will be specifically useful to you in supporting your ase. All expert witnesses provided by Essential Edge are actively practicing medical experts; they do not use retirees or "professional witnesses" like the ones provided by many other services. Many are clinical professors at major universities and teaching hospitals around the country, and all excel in their knowledge and medical experience. Having qualified, knowledgeable expert witnesses can mean the difference between winning and losing.

Preparing depositions is one of the most important aspects of pre-trial preparation. If you can uncover compelling evidence at a deposition, you are more likely to avoid a courtroom. But getting that compelling evidence means asking the right questions, and Essential Edge can help ensure that you do. The staff of Essential Edge can help your attorney prepare for depositions and other casework by tutoring them in specific case-related issues. This service is extremely useful for an attorney who is either new to or unfamiliar with medical litigation and needs general information on basic anatomy, physiology, or pathology concepts. A more seasoned professional may require detailed information for case-specific issues, and for such attorneys Essential Edge can provide a one-on-one education that is invaluable. This service is also cost-effective, because by letting their staff provide the tutoring instead of the medical expert(s) assigned to your case, the hourly rate is substantially lower.

The health care experts at Essential Edge will give you and your attorney an accurate, timely, and unbiased evaluation of the facts of your case so you'll know the strengths and weaknesses of your position and you'll be better prepared to chart your course of action. If necessary, they will test potential evidence, conduct experiments, or perform any lab work necessary to prove or disprove items under consideration, and then explain to you all the alternatives available for using lab results as evidence. When the time comes for expert testimony, you will have experts available for depositions, hearings, and courtroom testimony.

Visit the Medical Specialties page of the Essential Edge website (http://www.essentialedge.com) to see a representative sampling of the categories of medical experts they can provide for your case. If the expert you’re seeking is not listed there, they can provide the precise person that you need for your case; contact Essential Edge for more information.