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Course Information
  • smart_display Format

    Live Online with Live Q&A

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

  • work Practice Area

    Personal Injury and Med Mal

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Tuesday, June 10, 2025

  • schedule Time

    1:00 PM E.T.

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

$197.00
CLE
ALL

This CLE webinar will offer medical malpractice attorneys insights and practical tips for using medical records to examine treating physicians, experts, and other medical professionals, as well as how those witnesses can be used to test the medical record.

Faculty

Daniel J. Conner
Founding Attorney
Conner Injury Law

Mr. Conner founded Conner Injury Law in order to fully dedicate his law practice to medical malpractice and wrongful death claims, with an emphasis on birth injury and maternal, infant, and fetal death. His passion for advocating for families who have suffered from medical negligence stems from his former experience as an attorney at a prestigious personal injury law firm, where he represented and got to know on an intimate level families who suffered traumatic injuries and death at the hands of trusted healthcare professionals. Over the course of his career, Mr. Conner has helped to secure tens of millions of dollars in recoveries for his clients, and his unwavering commitment to achieving justice on behalf of his clients has earned him a reputation for relentless advocacy and compassionate representation in Georgia.

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Description

The medical record is the backbone of a medical malpractice case and is critical for preparing one's own case and when challenging opposing witnesses, either during deposition or at trial. The testimony and recollection of the people involved in the patient's treatment often differ from the medical record, impeding resolution of claims. Sometimes it is difficult to determine which is more accurate on which points.

Counsel will have to carefully examine what could be a voluminous amount of materials looking for gaps in the narrative and seeking to connect the dots of seemingly disparate information that may be recorded in unexpected portions of the record.

As a supposedly contemporaneous record of what happened by the people involved, the medical record carries significant weight. The medical record reveals the patient's medical history, diagnoses, treatments, and much more. The plaintiff's course of treatment and care can be compared to the accepted standards for treatment. The medical record tells the patient's story from first symptoms to treatment and highlights where things went wrong. Medical records are critical in demonstrating the connection between a provider's negligence and the patient's injuries.

Listen as this experienced panel of medical malpractice attorneys discusses strategies and practical tips for making the most out of the medical record.

Outline

  1. Defining the medical record
  2. Obtaining the complete medical record
  3. Assessing and reviewing the medical record
  4. Using and challenging the medical record
    • Case development
    • Lay witnesses
    • Experts

Benefits

The panel will review these and other pivotal questions:

  • Are medical records really "objective"?
  • What is the complete medical record?
  • Can inferences be drawn from certain patterns or methods of charting the record?