Your Treating Doctor Refuses to Testify in Your New York Medical Malpractice Trial-What Happens?

http://www.Oginski-Law.com/ New York Medical Malpractice Trial Attorney 516-487-8207 [email protected] You brought a lawsuit seeking compensation for medical negligence against a doctor or hospital that treated you. You suffered injuries because of wrongdoing. Your treating doctor has been very cooperative and very friendly with you from the beginning. He told you he wants to help you as much as possible. Yet as your attorney prepares your case for trial, he reaches out to treating doctor and quickly realizes that your treating doctor wants nothing to do with your litigation. What do you do now? It is always preferable to have your treating doctor come to court and testify in your behalf. He is the best person who is able to tell the jury what problems you have had, what treatment plan he developed, what treatment he provided to you and what your prognosis is for the future. Your treating doctor is literally in the best position to explain these things since he has personally seen you, talked to you and observed what is going on with you over time. This scenario is not unusual where the treating doctor refuses to come into court and testify. There are a number of reasons for this. (1) The majority of treating physicians do not want to spend their day in court away from their busy medical practice. (2) Most physicians simply want nothing to do with the litigation process and do not want to be seen amongst their colleagues as having helped an injured victim who brings a lawsuit against their colleague. If your treating physician refuses to come in and testify in your behalf, there is a way for us to subpoena him into court and compel him to testify. However, this is not the ideal situation since when you compel a doctor to come in and testify, he will likely be hostile and not very friendly. That does not make a great impression with the jury. An alternative is to retain a qualified medical expert to review all of your records and then discuss with the jury what he has read and interpreted. This is the next best thing to having your treating doctor coming and testify. Watch the video to learn more... Here's a cardiac malpractice case where I was able to achieve a $6 million dollar settlement for my client: http://www.oginski-law.com/video/card... Here's a foot surgery case where a Westchester, NY jury awarded my client $1.55 million dollars for her pain and suffering: http://ow.ly/azKg6 To learn more about how medical malpractice cases work in the state of New York, I encourage you to explore my educational website, ‪http://www.Oginski-Law.com‬. If you have legal questions, I invite you to pick up the phone and call me at 516-487-8207 or by email at [email protected]. This is what I do every day and I'd be happy to chat with you. Law Office of Gerald Oginski 25 Great Neck Road, Ste. 4 Great Neck, NY 11021 516-487-8207 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @GerryOginski