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Examining medical records: how to know what is said when you read what the doctor wrote

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Medical records are critical to many cases, but they can be obscure and difficult to interpret. An initial review of the relevant field of medicine is often worthwhile, followed by reviewing and organizing the records. The client may have important contributions here, and their records, those of the physician, any from a hospital, billing records, and others should be compared thoroughly. Data is often recorded or transcribed well after the event, perhaps by someone who was not present.

Methods, Management, Medical records, Document examination (Law)

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Are court records commodities?

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Court records are public and should be available without cost, but some courts are starting to see their public information monopoly as a way to profit and obstruct access to the justice system. Federal court policy leads the way, charging 60 cents a minute for access to electronic court docketing databases created during the normal course of business. Lawyers must work to provide open and free access and limit courts from charging for electronic access to their records.

Access control, Court records

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Blame it on the bloodline; discovery of nonparties' medical and psychiatric records is latest defense tactic in disputing causation

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The author discusses the increase in tort cases where the defense seeks the medical and educational records of nonparties, such as those of plaintiffs' family members. Plaintiffs argue that such information violates the nonparties' privacy rights and is irrelevant, while defendants argue that nonparty records are vital in negating causation in suits where plaintiffs seek damages for cognitive, behavioral, or developmental deficits.

States, Innovations, Evidence (Law), Personal injuries, Testimony, Records and correspondence, Third parties (Law), Causation (Tort law)

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