Health Care Provider Liability

Catalog description

Focuses on Wisconsin statutory and case law, as well as national trends, in the liability of health care providers. Brought to life by real fact patterns from litigated claims, students learn who is a “patient,” what constitutes a “health care provider,” and what are the claims and causes of actions that can be brought against those in the health care field. Covers Wisconsin and national standards used to determine concepts such as “causation” of injury, “substantial factor,” ”sine quo non,” ”increasing the risk of harm,” and “loss of chance.” In addition, timely topics such as tort reform, limitations of actions and damages, and public policy related to claims pertaining to health care providers are surveyed and discussed. Effective, efficient, and ethical representation of plaintiffs and/or defendants is part of the course focus.