""…It looked like we had a strong malpractice case… a sponge left inside a patient during surgery. But during their review of the records, Med Legal discovered that the object was actually from a previous condition and was medically proper. I don’t think most medical experts would have taken the time to catch that. Med Legal’s thoroughness saved the day… and saved us from pursuing a bad case."
--Gary Paul
Waters & Kraus
"When we brought Med Legal in to help us build the Vioxx cases, we didn’t realize just how valuable they would be. I’ve never seen anyone take such an organized approach to a complex multi-plaintiff case. First they established the medical criteria to separate the strong cases from the weak, then reviewed the records for us. Their reports and chronologies were extremely valuable, especially in relation to the cost of their services."
--Mary Alexander
Mary Alexander & Associates
"On the surface our case looked strong. However, Med Legal pointed out medical information in the records that would have weakened our case severely had it surfaced in trial. With that knowledge, we assessed the situation and settled quickly for a fair amount, saving us and our client time and money."
--Carl Douglas
Law offices of Carl Douglas
"Med Legal's reports were useful from the onset in evaluating the case. We utilized the reports to prepare and posture for settlement. Their organization, structure and system were very efficient with cross referenced medical records billing complications and events. We took their bound records and reports to mediation which were intimidating to the other side and impressive to the mediator, and because we knew the medical issues intimately it aided in the Plaintiffs getting real."
--Lisa Ackley
Walsworth, Franklin, Bevin & McCall
"The case was complex—catastrophic injuries, intensive yearlong treatment. Med Legal took a two foot stack of medical records, searched, summarized and interpreted them. The clarity they brought had a lot to do with achieving an above-the-policy-limit settlement."
--Paul Kiesel
Kiesel, Boucher and Larson
"Med Legal summarizes and analyzes medical records with an eye towards trial. They are a valuable tool to any attorney handling cases that involve complex medical issues."
--Kenneth Spencer
Baker, Keener & Nahra
"We’ve been working with Med Legal for years and their assessments of medical records have always been invaluable. In one recent case, the soft spots they pointed out in the other side’s case helped bring our client a $1.4 million settlement."
--Don Ernst
Ernst & Mattison
"In a mass torts medical related situation, it’s crucial that we choose the strongest cases to pursue. In the Vioxx situation, Med Legal’s Four Phase Filter system has been priceless in helping us find those cases where there was a strong causal relation between the medical problem and the product."
--Gary Paul
Waters & Kraus
"Med Legal's reports provided strength at mediation. They identified significant issues, including causation issues which the judge caught onto in the mediation. Med Legal provided us with the confidence that nothing was missed."
---Fred Blum
Bassi Martini Edlin & Blum
"It was a tough case… we knew there was liability for our client’s injury but proving it was something else. Med legal was able to identify the relevant symptoms and then locate the specific medical research that tied those symptoms to the injury. They turned a difficult case into a solid one."
--Browne Greene
Greene, Broillet & Wheeler
"Med Legal's subjective medical case analysis and document review provides a cost effective method of evaluating cases. Med Legal as a resource differentiates our service from the competition. The proof of their effectiveness is shown not only with our success on the cases they are involved in terms of defense verdicts and lower LAE but also from excellent customer service they provided to our panel counsel. From beginning to end, Med Legal's comprehensive reports enable Chubb's defense team to proactively identify and target the real medical issues of the case. As a result our defense team is routinely better prepared than plaintiffs' attorney which directly influences the outcome of the case."
--Kenneth Luther
Chubb Senior Environmental Claims Technician
"Med Legal took a large pile of disorganized medical records and returned them to me, not just perfectly organized, but with a complete chronology, list of missing records, discovery suggestions and deposition questions. The time saved by my medical experts saved me thousands. I don’t think I’ll ever do another case without Med Legal."
--Amy Fisch Solomon
Girardi & Keese
"Med Legal reports helped to identify which experts to dispose to aid in settlement, and to understand rarity of disease with no link of disease to Benzene. The reports directly impacted the case moving to settlement sooner."
--Christine Calareso
Selman Breitman
"Following surgery, a patient suffered hypoxia-induced brain injury, which left him a quadriplegic. Med Legal took boxes of medical records and organized, collated, analyzed, synthesized and simplified them. Their work product was easy to understand and to work with. They took a highly complex case with a lot of moving parts and made it very user-friendly.."
--Daniel M. Hodes
Hodes Milman
"Med Legal's reports were definitely a component of each successful outcome. Our attorneys were better prepared for each phase of litigation. Minimal fees were associated to attorney time reviewing medical elements and no billing was incurred related to medical record summaries from paralegals and accociates. These cost-saving components were magnified when Med Legal's cost was spilt amongst the various joint defense groups."
--Curt Mahler
Chubb Senior Environmental Claims Technician
"Your thorough in-depth analysis of this case is providing the blueprint for my entire case… (It’s) the most comprehensive I have ever received."
--Steven C. Glickman
Glickman & Glickman
"Med Legal's reports helped show that the plaintiff had minimal exposure to Benzene and pinpointed the relationship between dates of exposure and disease onset, which put us in a position of strength to get to settlement. Ease of billing, willingness to split bills and invoice carrier directly made it very easy to turn fees into joint defense fee split without administrative headaches as leader."
--Jason Booth
Dongell Lawrence Finney
"Our client had 50 years of medical records to dig through but Med Legal didn’t blink. They attacked them and ferreted out which were relevant. Their charts and summaries were powerful and helped win the jury. The award was large and Med Legal gets a large part of the credit."
--David Wood
Law offices of David E. Wood
"Med Legal put an end to every thing I disliked about reviewing medical records ...they've made our work easier, our cases stronger and more winnable"
--Jack Denove
Cheong Denove Rowell & Bennet
"We filed MSJ detailing lack of liability as the defendant was not an entity during the relevant time period. However, expert witness designation deadline was prior to MSJ being heard, so we utilized Med Legal's reports to designate experts by understanding plaintiff's medical complaints and alleged exposure dates."
--Chris McDonald
Walsworth, Franklin, Bevin & McCall
"…It doesn't’t matter what we throw at Med Legal or when we throw it, they always come through for us. Complex questions, last minute requests, even midnight calls—they always respond. I can honestly say that having them on my side has made me a better lawyer."
--Jonathon E. Gertler
Chavez & Gertler
Med Legal’s system of review is focused, can progress in phases, and puts you in control. It is a system built to provide efficient, accurate service that also enables you to control and reduce costs. You are afforded maximum flexibility in the types of reports you wish to bundle by case or group, and may be changed to suit your specific needs. Med Legal is a strategic, integrated, and formidable solution for legal community’s nation wide.
In litigation it is often the small details contained in the medical records that directly affect medical causation and damages. Med Legal finds that information, translates it into layman's terms, and creates clear, concise reports that bring issues front and center for your use in case preparation; important details that can either be detrimental to your case or used as ammunition.