Perspective
Feb. 17, 2010
A New Legal Approach to Health Care
Kathleen Clark of Servant Lawyership asks attorneys whether they are willing to take the lead in facilitating non-adversarial practices in health care cases.
By Kathleen Clark
James Woods and his family recently settled an 'unsettlable,' acrimonious medical malpractice case arising out of the death of his brother, Michael, in the emergency room at Kent Hospital, Warwick, R.I. The case settled in the third week of trial when Sandy Coletta, the chief executive officer of the hospital, Woods, and their attorneys met over dinner. Coletta acknowledged the medical error and apologized; Coletta and Woods agreed to work together...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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