Review of 208 Medicolegal Cases over 20 Years
A review of the 208 medicolegal cases sent to me from 1975 to 1995 showed that problems were related to one of the following: indication for surgery, consent, anesthesia, vascular injury, bowel injury, urologic injury, nerve injury, abandonment, and unwanted pregnancies. The cases were categorized as reviewed only, progress with no further action, deposition, settled, and to trial. Approximately 50% of cases did not go to trial.
Levinson
CJ
Stanford University, 845 Oak Grove Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025.