How an Expert Witness Can Help Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

The job of an expert witness in a medical malpractice lawsuit is to give their professional opinion about whether or not the defendant, or doctor, violated the standard of care, which caused the plaintiff’s injury.
An expert witness is often consulted by lawyers on either side of a case-for example, defense attorneys can hire experts to say that the treatment was not appropriate, and the plaintiff’s attorney can hire experts to say that it was.