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Medical Malpractice Attorney | Medical Malpractice Defense

Medical Malpractice 

 

Our firm actively represents many medical professionals, including physicians, hospitals and health care providers, in medical malpractice litigation in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Professionals and insurance companies have turned to us throughout the years for high quality representation in the defense of complex negligence claims. In both state and federal courts, the firm has an outstanding trial record. Success in this area is the result of our extensive contacts in the community, our abundant expert resources and the firm’s strong commitment to continued medical and legal training of its associates. Additionally, we have remained on the cutting edge of technological advances in both the office and courtroom settings. With the capability to electronically submit billing information and a variety of billing formats to meet client needs and specifications, we are able to successfully defend medical professionals of any nature with efficiency, as well as the highest degree of professionalism.

We served as liaison counsel for Pennsylvania plastic surgeons in the silicone gel breast implant litigation. In this capacity, the firm represented many plastic surgeons individually and coordinated national discovery efforts for defense attorneys state wide. We successfully defended the first such case ever tried in Pennsylvania. We were also extensively involved in the orthopedic bone screw (pedicle screw) litigation, and also successfully defended the first such case ever tried in Pennsylvania.

Our firm has developed a comprehensive network of highly specialized medical experts from many of the leading health care and teaching institutions across the country. Our extensive litigation experience has enabled us to develop an exhaustive expert data bank which allows our attorneys to retain experts whose credentials match the specific facts of each malpractice case. Whether the case calls for a pediatric neuroradiologist or a medical ethicist, the department is able to provide quality experts in the growing and ever changing environment of medicine and its subspecialties.

  • The attorneys of the firm often give presentations in the area of professional liability defense, and have served as lecturers to medical professionals and attorney groups, both locally and state wide. Articles and presentations by members of the firm have covered such topics as the Peer Review Protection Act, the Health Care Services Malpractice Act and the interplay between health care providers and the strict liability provisions of Section 402A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts.
  • Attorneys from the firm also serve as faculty members at the ABA National Institute on Medical Malpractice.
  • The department is involved in the defense of mass tort cases and, in that capacity, is experienced in compiling and collating massive document productions.
  • The department is also experienced in handling and litigating diverse insurance coverage issues and has extensive litigation experience concerning insurance company insolvencies.

Contact:
Carolyn M. Bohmueller
(610) 834-6254   
(610) 834-1749 Fax
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For the 2015 holiday season, O’Brien & Ryan, LLP proudly partnered with the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program to collect new unwrapped toys for distribution to less fortunate children around the country. To find out more, or to make a donation, please visit www.toysfortots.org.

OBR Presents at Global Pressure Ulcer Prevention Conference

On November 18th, 2015, partners Dan Ryan, Heather Hansen, Carolyn Bohmueller, Anthony DeMichele & Amanda A. O’Dea, along with IT Director Joseph Quirk presented “The Arbitration of a Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcer Lawsuit”, part of Jefferson Health’s 2nd Annual Global Pressure Ulcer Prevention Conference.

Heather Hansen Speaks at Hospital Conference in Ireland

On October 3, 2015, Heather Hansen presented Medical Indemnity Challenges for Acute Hospital Services: The United States and Pennsylvania Experience at the Irish Hospital Consultants Association’s Annual Conference in Dublin, Ireland.

Heather Hansen at Coverys Law Day

On September 18, 2015, Heather Hansen presented Recent Changes in PA and NJ Medical Malpractice Law and Practice as part of Coverys Law Day in Princeton, NJ.

Heather Hansen Speaks at Physician Symposium

On September 16, 2015, Heather Hansen presented a segment on Electronic Medical Records at Main Line Health’s Physician Symposium at Lankenau Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA.

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