Disrupting Reptile Tactics in Med Mal Cases: Defense Strategies for Discovery, Witness Preparation, and Trial
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Course Details
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On-Demand
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Intermediate
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Personal Injury and Med Mal
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1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
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90 minutes
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
This CLE webinar will discuss how to combat plaintiff's use of "reptile" theory and tactics in medical malpractice litigation, including a discussion of strategies to prevent witnesses from being manipulated into providing damaging testimony that admits liability.
Convincing a jury that the defendants--whether they are physicians, nurses, or medical facilities--caused the plaintiff's injury by knowingly disregarding patient safety is the goal of reptile tactics in med mal cases. Outrageous verdicts emanate from juries that believe the defendants knew they violated their own safety rules but refuse to admit it.
Nothing compounds damages like the belief that a tragic injury could have been avoided if only someone had followed the alleged "rules." Losses resulting from a "near miss" typically feel greater than the same loss perceived as inevitable.
Policies and procedures often play a role in plaintiff's strategy, making limiting their discovery and use a defense priority. Defense witnesses must be alert from the start to avoid making forced errors and inadvertently admitting liability. They must be taught how to recognize the reptile "setup" in even innocuous questions.
Listen as this experienced panel of medical malpractice defense attorneys and litigation advisors offers strategies and practices for defusing reptile theory and strategy.
- Reptile tactics in med mal cases
- Defense strategies
- Discovery
- Depositions
- Confirmation bias
- Anchoring bias
- Cognitive dissonance
- Hypocrisy paradigm
- Pretrial strategies to limit reptile
- Anchoring
- Developing trends
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- How can counsel teach deponents to avoid answering reptile questions in absolute terms?
- How can defense counsel remove the plaintiff's anchor?
- How can defense attorneys spot and identify reptile tactics before they occur?
- What are sources of information and additional instruction for combatting reptile tactics?
