Jan 30 2025 63 mins
Rishi Pattni of Pattni Law Group and Andrew King of Chance, Forlines, Carter & King, PC join us for Episode 144 of Sports ‘N Torts. Their friendship was forged over a passion for Premier League soccer and has turned into a professional relationship where these two can work with one another representing injured patients in medical malpractice cases. This was a cool episode that highlights the collegiality and partnerships that exists within the Plaintiffs bar in the State of Georgia. I had a great time talking with these guys about:
-vetting and handling medical malpractice cases;
-approach to learning the medicine in their cases;
-how to determine proper defendants in a medical case;
-partnering with other firms to increase the chances of success;
-working with expert witnesses;
-how to handle the defense argument about nursing home clients being old and sick and having a lower value of life;
-comorbidities as a challenge;
-nursing home cases and the type of fact patterns they see;
-the rewards from representing elderly clients;
-nursing home standards of care and patients Bill of Rights
-explaining medical cases to a jury;
-exposing cover ups in medical records;
-background as a paralegal being helpful as a practicing attorney;
-trying cases in small towns against small town doctors and community hospitals;
-English Premier League soccer and fandom of Liverpool and Man City
-Atlanta United
And much more.
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA – www.jsteinlawfirm.com