ML: Medical Liability and Negligence (Guerrini/Safier)
Faculty
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| Dominic Guerrini Lecturer in Law dominic.guerrini@klinespecter.com |
Additional Information
Satisfies Senior Writing RequirementNo
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- Class sessions are regularly recorded. I will make these recordings routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.
- I will make PowerPoint slides or other class materials routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.
Meeting Times/Location
R 6:00PM - 8:45PM
Gittis Hall 2
Category
Masters in Law
Credits
3.0
This course covers medical liability issues arising from the relationship between health care providers and their patients. We will begin with an introduction to the law of negligence, generally. Topics in this area will include concepts such as legal duty, causation, general defenses and available damages. Once we learn these foundations, we will shift to more specific issues involving medical malpractice. Topics here will include the history of the medical malpractice tort, its evolution as a "crisis," informed consent, the framework for a medical malpractice lawsuit, alternative dispute resolution, and trial work.