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Medical Legal Handbook

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Description About The Author(s) Reviews Chapters in PDF The Medical Legal Handbook, edited by a physician and an attorney, is filled with the expertise of a team of medical and legal professionals. It is designed to provide quick access to core information for readers needing to familiarize themselves with the methods and terminology of the legal profession or medical subdisciplines with which they may have to work or interact, so they may gain better understanding and direction for further research. With the Handbook, lawyers, paralegals, and the law enforcement community can quickly become acquainted with basic concepts of forensic medicine when investigating or preparing a case. Doctors, nurses and health-related professionals in turn will more quickly grasp legal terminology they need to know when confronted with potential legal matters. Succinct, and yet broad in scope, its 48 chapters (21 medical/27 legal) cover a range of topics of particular interest and value to practitioners, students and laypeople. Preview the range of topics covered in the table of contents above and read first pages from a sample of the chapters. “The strength of the book lies within the many contributors’ respective abilities to distill complex legal and medical principles and facts into understandable, useable form and substance. Simplicity gives room for clarity.”--- Honorable David W. Hummel, Jr., Chief Circuit Court Judge, Marshall County, West Virginia ABOUT THE EDITORS Jennifer Hammers, D.O. is an Osteopathic Physician practicing as a Forensic Pathologist with Cyril H. Wecht and Pathology Associates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jennifer is a Director of the Brain Injury Research Institute and actively pursues opportunities to teach students at all levels the role forensics plays in public health and the criminal justice system. Bob Fitzsimmons is a Trial Attorney with the Fitzsimmons Law Firm PLLC in Wheeling, West Virginia. Bob is a Director of the Brain Injury Research Institute which performs brain autopsies in order to advance research of brain injuries including Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Bob successfully represented Hall of Famer and Pittsburgh Steeler, Mike Webster, in his brain injury disability lawsuit against the NFL. This was the first published claim alleging and proving football related activities can cause permanent brain injury. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bradley J. Adams, Ph.D., D-ABFA, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York John Preston Bailey, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of West Virginia J. Michael Benninger, Esq., Benninger Law, Morgantown, West Virginia Christopher Borck, M.D., Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York J. Kevin Buster, Esq., King & Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia Randy J. Butterfield, Esq., King & Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia Emily Carroll, MSPH, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York Mark Colantonio, Esq., Fitzsimmons Law Firm PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia Frank DePaolo, PA, D-ABMDI, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York Lawrence A. Dobrin, DMD, DABFO, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York Michael J. Farrell, Esq., Farrell, White & Legg PLLC, Huntington, West Virginia Clayton J. Fitzsimmons, Esq., Fitzsimmons Law Firm PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia Robert J. Fitzsimmons, Esq., Fitzsimmons Law Firm PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia Robert P. Fitzsimmons, Esq., Fitzsimmons Law Firm PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia Gregory A. Gellner, Esq., Gellner Law Offices, Wheeling, West Virginia Shawn P. George, Esq., George & Lorensen PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia Jeffrey A. Grove, Esq., Grove, Holmstrand & Delk, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia Vincent S. Gurrera, Esq., Gurrera Law Offices PLLC, Weirton, West Virginia Jennifer L. Hammers, D.O., Cyril H. Wecht and Pathology Associates, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Crystal Hawkins Castleberry, Esq., Morgantown, West Virginia David W. Hummel, Jr., Chief Circuit Court Judge, Marshall County, West Virginia Joseph J. John, Esq., John & Werner Law Offices PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia Amy Johnson, MA, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York Lauren Kopcso, MSN, RN, AFN-BC, SANE-A, Department of Public Health SANE Program, Boston, Massachusetts Donald M. Kresen, Esq., Fitzsimmons Law Firm PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia Todd Luckasevic, D.O., Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Dennis Mazone, MA, D-ABMDI, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York Jay T. McCamic, Esq., McCamic, Sacco & McCoid PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia Jeffrey W. McCamic, Esq., McCamic, Sacco & McCoid PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia R. Gregory McDermott, Esq., McDermott & Bonenberger, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia Thomas E. McIntire, Esq., Thomas E. McIntire & Associates, L.C., Wheeling, West Virginia Paul Murphy, Esq., King & Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia Aden Naka, MSC, D-ABMDI, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York Michael Edward Nogay, Esq., Sellitti Nogay & McCune PLLC, Weirton, West Virginia Bennet I. Omalu, M.D., Bennet Omalu Pathology, Stockton, California Melissa A. Pasquale-Styles, M.D., Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York Holly S. Planinsic, Esq., Herndon, Morton, Herndon & Yaeger, Wheeling, West Virginia Sharon L. Potter, Esq., Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia Steven M. Recht, Esq., Recht Law Offices, Weirton, West Virginia Kaitlin L. Robidoux, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Bridgeport, West Virginia Joseph W. Selep, Esq., Zimmer Kunz PLLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Michael Simon, Esq., Frankovitch Anetakis Simon Decapio & Pearl LLP, Weirton, West Virginia Jeremy Stuelpnagel, M.D., Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York Courtney J. Sullivan, MSN, R.N., AFN-BC, SANE-A, SANE-P, Central Peninsula Hospital, Soldotna, Alaska Yingying Tang, MD, PhD, DABMGG, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York Rebecca McGraw Thaxton, M.D., Physician consultant for workers’ compensation insurance, Charleston, West Virginia James A. Villanova, Esq., Villanova Law Offices PC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Robert B. Warner, Esq., Warner Law Offices PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia Brent E. Wear, Esq., Fitzsimmons Law Firm PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia Anthony I. Werner, Esq., John & Werner Law Offices PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia Stephanie A. White, D-ABMDI, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York Justin J. Wiater, Esq., Fitzsimmons Law Firm PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia Nori Williams, MS, CGC, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York William D. Wilmoth, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia This Handbook will serve as an invaluable reference resource to those working in a myriad of legal and medical fields. The contributors of the passages offer a snapshot in time of the landscape in which both disciplines operate. A snapshot—a glimpse—into two very intertwined universes. And those who operate in both universes will find this Handbook beneficial in their everyday practices. —*Michael Edward Nogay, Esq. and Steven M. Recht, Esq., Sellitti Nogay & McCune PLLC and Recht Law Offices The Medical Legal Handbook, purposefully is not a hefty bound book like those which are often relegated to the shelves of so many students and practitioners only to be brought out and dusted off on rare occasion. Instead, it is a handbook, a remarkable tool, fully intended to be kept at the ready to aid in accomplishing the task before you. —Honorable David W. Hummel, Jr.,* Chief Circuit Court Judge, Marshall County, West Virginia Loading Chapters....