Why Do Lawyers Argue So Much When 95% of Cases Settle?
Published in Medical Malpractice,Personal Injury on June 24, 2025
By Craig Heidemann Somewhere around the third discovery dispute or the fifteenth email about deposition scheduling, it hits you: this case is going to settle. Everyone knows it. The lawyers. The clients. The court. And yet, we press on. We write long emails, attend case management conferences, file motions to compel over marginal documents, and posture like we’re months away… READ MORE
Missouri Rejects Florida’s “Free Kill” Law Approach
Published in Medical Malpractice on June 18, 2025
Free Kill Law: Florida’s Unconventional Approach to Addressing Medical Liability Exposure In late May, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed HB 6017, a bill that would have allowed the parents of deceased adult children and adult children of deceased parents to sue for noneconomic damages related to pain, suffering, and loss resulting from medical malpractice. Commonly referred to as “Free Kill… READ MORE
How to Lose a Medical Malpractice Case
Published in Medical Malpractice on May 2, 2018
There are two primary issues that doctors, hospitals, nurses, and other medical professionals frequently use to avoid compensating patients who are injured while receiving medical treatment—standard of care and informed consent. For more information, contact a Springfield medical malpractice lawyer. What do you have to prove to win a medical malpractice case? Before we discuss how to lose a case,… READ MORE