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7 TYPES OF CASES CERTIFIED LEGAL NURSE CONSULTANTS® ARE QUALIFIED TO CONSULT ON

With extensive experience in Medical, Surgical, Trauma, Gastroenterology and End of Life Care this gives us the expertise to be able to take those medical records and turn them into organized, understandable, logical, analyzed and useable records and documents for use in winning your cases.

This will:

Reduce your frustration and stress,
Get you faster answers
Help you win your cases more efficiently.
Give you time to spend on the Law.

There are many types of cases we can work on to help lighten your caseload:

1. PERSONAL INJURY CASES

Non-professional negligence cases (P.I.)

Examples of cases: Dog bite, toxic mold, sports injuries, maritime injuries, railroad injuries, liquor liability, aviation accidents, theme park accidents, auto accidents, premises liability (e.g. slip and fall, sexual assault, physical assault).

2. PRODUCTS LIABILITY CASES

All cases related to Personal injury, death or property damage caused by the design, preparation, construction, manufacture, assembly, packaging, installation, testing, warnings, instructions, marketing, or labeling of any product.

Categories of products liabilities cases:

(a) Medical Devises

Examples: Hip implants, implantable defibrillators (AICD), pacemakers, silicone breast implants, ventilators, heart valves, heart stents, IV pumps, vaginal mesh.

(b) Drugs:

Examples: Vioxx®, Botox®, Celebrex®, birth control pills, hormone therapy.

Examples: Machines and equipment, children’s toys, baby equipment, cigarettes and lighters, motor vehicles and parts, food, household products, industrial products, consumer products (e.g.) appliances, vacuum cleaners.

3. TOXIC TORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CASES

Cases involving alleged damages and injuries caused by release of toxins into the environment.

Examples: Lead or Arsenic poisoning, sick building syndrome, waste management and disposal, pesticides, hazardous chemicals, radiation contamination, electromagnetic fields, waste products from manufacturing.

4. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AND WORKPLACE RELATED INJURY CASES

Cases involving injuries that occur during or because of a course of employment. Claimant must prove that he cannot earn equivalent wages at same or other employment.

Examples: Equipment and machinery related, cumulative trauma disorders, injury caused by objects striking worker, back injuries, auto accidents.

5. CRIMINAL CASES

Cases that involve any act that society has deemed contrary to public good. The act must be injurious to society to be a crime.

Examples: DUI or DWI, excessive use of force by law enforcement, possession of narcotics, Medicaid, Medicare fraud, psychiatric defense issues, victims of violent crime, criminal environmental cases, child, spouse or elderly abuse, sexual or physical abuse.

6. ANY CASE INVOLVING HEALTH, ILLNESS OR INJURY

CLNC® are qualified to answer questions, research topics, and assist Attorney’s in developing medical related issues.

Examples: Family Law (custody battle), Probate (competency issues), school health, American Disabilities Act, employer-employee relationship, sexual harassment, right to die, social security benefit issues, physician family relationships, psychiatric therapist abuse or negligence, insurance issues, FMLA, wrongful adoption, health professional disciplinary actions, bad faith litigation against insurance companies who failed to pay or deny treatment

7. MEDICAL AND NURSING MALPRACTICE CASES

(a) Cases involving professional negligence of health care providers, health care facilities or learning institutions.

(b) Cases involving the negligence of an individual or entity who makes decisions regarding access to care.

(i) Delay of appropriate treatment

(ii) Inappropriate use of cost control measures (i.e.) utilization review

(iii) Negligent case management

CLNC® SERVICES AVAILABLE

· Assess alleged damages/injuries

· Assess causation factors contributing to damages/injuries

· Organize, tab and paginate medical records

· Summarize, translate and interpret medical records

· Identify potential defendants

· Literature searches, integrating these into analysis

· Research validity/reliability of research studies

· Identify/review all relevant records and tangible items

· Expand Attorney’s medical library

· Consult with healthcare providers

· Identify testifying experts required

· Locate experts

· Communicate with potential testifying experts

· Analyze and compare expert witness reports

· Serve as liaison between Attorney and all other parties.

· Prepare interrogatories

· Review and draft responses to legal documents

· Assist in exhibition preparation

· Prepare deposition and trail questions

· Review, analyze and summarize depositions

· Attend depositions, trials, arbitration’s and mediation hearings

· Help prepare witnesses/ experts for deposition/trial

· Prepare written reports for study tools used by Attorneys

· Coordinate/attend independent medical examinations

· Develop life care plans

· Assist in focus groups and mock trials

· Detect tampering within medical records

· Screen/investigate cases for merit

· Define applicable standards of care

· Define deviations/adherence’s to standards of care