A Brief Introduction

INTRODUCTION

I just got this blog up and running and will be fine tuning it in the weeks to come. I hope it provides some benefit to those who read it.

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE MEDIATION

I am scheduled to mediate a medical malpractice case on Friday, March 18, 2004. Mediation is an alternative to trial where a trained mediator/lawyer attempts to bang out a settlement between the parties. The case involves a young boy who nearly died after an umbilical hernia repair, which should have been a fairly routine surgery. The attorneys for the defendant doctors/hospital have indicated they wish to settle the case, perhaps through a structured settlement but no offer has been made. Will report further after Friday's session.