$7 Million Verdict for Misdiagnosis with Richard Godshall and Christine Clarke

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An inexperienced physician’s assistant misdiagnosed Richard Godshall and Christine Clarke’s client. But when they tried the case, they took it in an opposite direction than many would expect: not from the incident up, but from the top down.

In the end, the Clarion County jury awarded their client $7 million. In this conversation with host Brendan Lupetin, Richard, owner and managing partner of Ostroff Godshall Injury and Accident Lawyers, and Christine, partner and head of the firm’s medical malpractice division, reveal the “secret sauce” to winning that verdict. Tune in to hear how they proved that their client was a victim – not of the PA but of systemic failures at the facility itself.

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• The background of Delaverne v. Health Services of Clarion
• Message to the jury: Good people make bad mistakes
• Revealing the failure to communicate between physician’s assistant and physician
• Why their closing focused on the system, not the client’s suffering
• How the jury broke down responsibility

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