How Louis La Cava’s Closing Helped Clear Docs at Trial Over Woman’s Ectopic Pregnancy
By Arlin Crisco – CVN, Courtroom View Network
Defense attorneys in medical negligence cases must often overcome jurors’ natural tendency to engage in hindsight bias when they consider a doctor’s care. At trial over the communication and treatment surrounding a Florida woman’s ectopic pregnancy, Louis La Cava’s closing on staff expectations and an artful warning on hindsight bias helped clear the doctors that treated her.