Attorney resource series
Plain-language explanations of the medical issues that decide eye-injury and vision-loss cases, written for plaintiff and defense counsel.
By David B. Leach, MD, FACS
How firsthand knowledge of the local standard of care kept my ophthalmology testimony admissible in Newberry v. Martens, and what it teaches attorneys about establishing a foundation.
Read article →How Idaho Rule of Evidence 705 lets an expert state an opinion before the supporting facts, why those facts must still be disclosed in discovery, and the added community-standard requirement in Idaho medical-malpractice cases.
Read article →What ophthalmic malpractice claims reveal about diagnosis, informed consent, follow-up, documentation and how well clinicians engage with their patients.
Read article →How ophthalmology experts distinguish a recognized complication from a departure from the standard of care.
Read article →A practical framework for reviewing cataract, IOL, LASIK, and PRK claims involving complications and informed consent.
Read article →How ophthalmic record review separates accident-related vision loss from pre-existing, degenerative, or unrelated eye disease.
Read article →The key medical evidence in personal-injury cases involving blunt trauma, penetrating injury, chemical exposure, or orbital damage.
Read article →Visual acuity is only one part of an ophthalmic damages analysis. Learn how fields, contrast, diplopia, and binocular function affect impairment.
Read article →A practical guide to the records, chronology, and questions attorneys should provide for an efficient ophthalmology expert review.
Read article →A practical guide to eye anatomy and how LASIK, cataract, glaucoma, retinal detachment, temporal arteritis, and trauma affect vision.
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