This has been a month of contrasts. On Friday, after a 3 week trial, our emergency medicine group received a defense verdict in a wrongful death, medical negligence case. The circumstances surrounding the death of the patient are murky at best. The long and the short of it is that the patient took what turned out to be fatal doses of Methadone. Whether intentional or not, the loss of life of a 21 year old is tragic and painful for all involved. Elation and Sorrow: After 2 years of angst, hundreds of hours of preparation and hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs and legal fees, our group … [Read more...]