Admissibility of Evidence in Nursing Home Litigation: Proving or Challenging Authentication, Relevance, and Hearsay
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will prepare counsel representing plaintiffs or defendants in nursing home injury cases to argue for or against the admissibility of critical evidence at trial. The panel will discuss selecting evidence, best practices for authenticating and challenging the authenticity of medical records and charts, statements of parties, photographs, regulatory documents or references, and other information. The panel will provide their insights into proving or defending against the relevancy and prejudicial nature of nursing home statutes and regulations, other documents, and making or overcoming hearsay objections.
Outline
- Types of critical evidence in nursing home injury cases
- Arguing for or against the admissibility of evidence: plaintiff and defense perspectives
- Authentication
- Relevance
- Prejudicial nature
- Hearsay
Benefits
The panel will review these and other noteworthy issues:
- Types of evidence counsel for patients in nursing home injury cases frequently seek to admit or keep out of evidence
- Types of evidence counsel for facilities in nursing home injury cases often try to admit or bar from evidence
- Best practices when arguing for or against relevancy, prejudice, and hearsay when seeking to admit or keep out evidence
Faculty
Avery Adcock
Partner
Senior Justice Law Firm
Ms. Adcock has dedicated her career to representing victims of abuse and neglect in nursing homes, hospitals and... | Read More
Ms. Adcock has dedicated her career to representing victims of abuse and neglect in nursing homes, hospitals and assisted living facilities across the country. She also handles cases involving catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death.
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Craig C. Conley
Shareholder
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
Mr. Conley has significant experience in litigation in a variety of areas with an emphasis in health care litigation... | Read More
Mr. Conley has significant experience in litigation in a variety of areas with an emphasis in health care litigation involving hospitals, long-term care facilities, physicians, nurses and other health care providers. He also is experienced in health care regulatory matters, including issues involving federal and state regulations and licensing, survey and certification.
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Karie Valentino
Partner
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
Ms. Valentino is a member of the firm’s Long-Term Care and Elder Law, Healthcare, and Medical Malpractice... | Read More
Ms. Valentino is a member of the firm’s Long-Term Care and Elder Law, Healthcare, and Medical Malpractice Practices. She has engaged in numerous arbitrations and mediations and successfully tried to verdict multiple medical malpractice cases on behalf of physicians, nurses and hospitals, long-term care facilities and its employees. Ms. Valentino is the past President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois.
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