Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Publication Date
2004
ISSN
1052-2859
Page Number
1
Keywords
malpractice, medical law, legal education, dispute resolution, mediation
Disciplines
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration | Law | Medical Jurisprudence
Abstract
Seven law school faculty members and one practicing attorney recently developed and taught a wholly new kind of law course based on an already published case study, Damages: One Family's Legal Struggles in the World of Medicine, by Barry Werth, an investigative reporter who spent several years researching to write the book. Damages, an in-depth account of a medical malpractice case, presents the perspectives of the injured family, the defendant physician, the lawyers, and the three mediators. In this Symposium Introduction, the authors provide a summary of Werth's book, explain why they decided to create a course based on his book, describe the course, and suggest ways that other law schools might use the course materials they developed.
Recommended Citation
Chris Guthrie,
Damages: Using a Case Study to Teach Law, Lawyering, and Dispute Resolution, 2004 Journal of Dispute Resolution. 1
(2004)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty-publications/817