I've seen a few of them. They claim to be both lawyers and doctors. They make their money by frivolous malpractice lawsuits. The idea is that the "doc" in their self-appointed title gives them an air of credibility when it comes to the medical aspects of a case. But it gets even worse than that...
There is one of these lawdocs in my area (I won't give his name, because I guess it could be slander or something) who advertises his "many years as a medical professional". His commercials show stock footage of doctors walking around in doctor garb. Anyway, I went to his website, and I found out that this guy only has training as a CHIROPRACTOR!
What can be done about this? It's so egregiously unethical.
I assume there is a screening process for expert witnesses. What bothers me is that he's just a huckster. He presents a blatantly false image to the public in the hopes of. That said, I don't have too much pity for anyone trying to cash in on a medical issue. I just hate these charlatans. They are an overlooked (perhaps intentionally so, if legislators are themselves lawyers, like you say) part of our health care problems. I just want to expose him.
sorry..."in the hopes of pulling the wool over the eyes of potential clients"
John de Witt
Actually, I'm a bit surprised you used "chiropractor" and ethics in the same sentence. One would hope that there's little impact from such things because they'll be exposed in the discovery process. Meanwhile, there is some impetus to require that expert witnesses in liability suits be actively practicing in the same specialty as the defendent. That requirement would be a big help, I suppose, but for such a requirement to make its way through a state's legislature is an uphill battle, since so many of the legislators are themselves lawyers.
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