Litigating medical professional liability cases involves taking complex information and creating a simple story for the jury or arbitrator. Not including the patient in a treatment decision is just the kind of story that can overshadow all the other things that you’ve done for your patient.

For solo physicians the scenario can be quite common: two family practitioners share an office suite but are not partners. One physician decides to move on, offers his patient list to the other. What could go wrong?

Sometimes a danger warning can, quite literally, get in the way of patient safety.

A physician involved in a lengthy surgery was properly suspended from the hospital staff, the Court of Appeal has ruled, dismissing the physician’s challenge to the hospital’s peer review process.

A recent appellate opinion offers a memorable example of how strongly the law protects physicians who make reports to governmental agencies regarding the health and safety of their patients.