YMW Partner to Teaches on Medical Malpractice Litigation

Lori Meyerhoffer, a partner and physician with litigation firm Yates, McLamb & Weyher, will be featured lecturer of a continuing education program on medical malpractice litigation at Duke University. The program is designed for doctors and lawyers to discuss healthcare and malpractice reform, as well as other areas where their two professions intersect.

“Medicine is a highly-regulated industry and is becoming ever more so. Physicians and their advisors need to explore together the clinical and legal implications of the way our society governs and pays for healthcare,” says Meyerhoffer.

Drawing from her experiences as both an attorney and physician, Meyerhoffer will discuss four areas including:

• Requirements for expert opinions before a suit is brought
• Standard-of-care requirements
• Supervising physician liability for errors of their staff
• What to do when facing a claim

Presented by the North Carolina Bar Association, the class will take place on June 15, 2012, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additional information can be found at www.ncbar.org.

About Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P.: Formed in 1983, Yates, McLamb & Weyher represents civil litigation defendants in cases focusing on medical malpractice, professional and general liability, construction litigation, products liability, insurance coverage and auto negligence. Founding partners Dan J. McLamb and Barbara B. Weyher shared a vision and built a firm characterized by legal expertise and skill, tenacity in defense of their clients’ interests, and civility and professionalism in the practice of law. Today the firm has 29 lawyers. Visit www.ymwlaw.com for more information.