Deposition of Internal Medicine Defense Expert in $5 Million Dollar Malpractice Verdict (2 of 2)

This is the deposition of Dr. Timothy Bessent. Dr. Bessent served as an expert witness internal medicine for the defense in this medical malpractice case involving negligent failure to diagnose in a hospital ER.
Our client was a middle-aged man who went to the ER after injuring his knee and leg on the job. Doctors at the ER took some x-rays and sent him home with a knee sprain diagnosis. Two days later they end up having to amputate his leg because the ER doctors during his initial visit failed to discover damage to his popliteal artery. We brought a medical malpractice lawsuit in Baltimore City and the case went all the way to trial. The jury ended up awarding our client $5.2 million in damages.
This case has gotten a ton of attention online and here are some of the other depositions in the case. In this case, we were fortunate that our client was willing to allow us to share these depositions.
The defendant's emergency room doctor's testimony is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWnHj...
The deposition of another ER nurse (not named as a defendant) can be seen here:
• Deposition of Emergenc...
And the defendant physician's assistant defendant here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZ9p...

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  • @just.jaimie.
    @just.jaimie.2 жыл бұрын

    As a nurse I can guess who wrote the order and why the testimony is not clear. The PA saw the patient and told the physician her findings and the Dr went in to check on the PA’s exam and briefly examine his foot and either in the room or at the doorway said to the PA “let’s get him some dilaudid and Toradol” and the PA wrote the order. And the question was probably “who ordered the pain medication”

  • @codymiller510
    @codymiller5103 жыл бұрын

    ("he talks about a knee dislocation happening from a high-impact circumstance, being most common...but mine pops around now from my near patellar tendon rupture...which's from my underlying Chlamydial condition being ridden with sapper assaults...")

  • @chattsignal
    @chattsignal3 жыл бұрын

    Turn up the volume before sharing on YT, pleeeaaase!!!

  • @walliegoolsby5389
    @walliegoolsby53893 жыл бұрын

    Is there a actual court case on utube to watch.

  • @seinfeld11123
    @seinfeld111233 жыл бұрын

    this is why I record my visits to the ER. after being treated really poorly borderline malpractice, I tried suing but it was word against word he said/ he said type thing I couldn't get any remedy. Now I record my visits to me doctor and ER's just in case. I had a doctor reprimanded for poor treatment because I recorded it.

  • @vearryhale8257
    @vearryhale82572 жыл бұрын

    It is not acceptable when things are not documented You can’t think she documented you have to know she document it because it will show she has done her job if it’s not documented how can you figure out what took place people outside of the negligence when it comes to their care they must be accountability because people have suffered When I thought that they will get the proper care and people will do their job right and make sure that everything is documented that’s when you know the job has been done successfully and it’s not it’s documented they must remember To be responsible when you have a job caring for a patient came into the ER thought he would get of course the best of care Not you guys to take a shortcut and we suffer the pain because you’re failed And should be held responsible Policies and rules and regulations and protocols urgent emergencies must not be overlooked but must be dealt with and sometimes at the instant moment save in one’s life this is why people go to the ER they want to live and they expect to come 🏠Feeling better than when they came in but sometimes it can be the opposite when there is no practice this is why it is important to make sure people get the best of care and sometimes the state has to do state rounds to make sure the people that are working in hospitals do their job right or they will have to face the consequences Because they are dealing with people lives and people look for care and hope that nothing would happen to them so it’s very painful When a patient is neglected because of the malpractice That has occurred I hope he can get a good replacement when it comes to his knee and get the best of therapy Treatment that one could ever have but many people have been violated When it comes to the best of care no one should be left out but treated with the best and the circumstances

  • @just.jaimie.

    @just.jaimie.

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re making an assumption that every bad outcome means that someone is negligent. That’s not the standard because it’s not possible or reasonable. They met the standard of care from all outward appearances, that’s why this attorney is so blatantly grasping at straws to find anything he can use to convince the jury there was negligence. Do you think it’s reasonable to deny a patient pain medication until several staff compare their notes to be sure he’s given the same exact story of how an injury occurred? Because that’s the level of desperation this attorney has reached. He’s now suggesting that a patient who’s in screaming pain should be surrounded by and interrogated by medical professionals who’re frantically documenting while denying him pain medication for his complaint of pain 🙈 and somehow that’s in his head prudent because he has the benefit of knowing the future in this imaginary scenario. Also it now costs $10K to walk through the front doors of an urgent care because each patient must be surrounding by medical personnel who morph into interrogation experts 😂

  • @PBMS123
    @PBMS1233 жыл бұрын

    It seems a little dubious that you forget to mention that your $5.2m in damages were reduced to $1.5m in a high low agreement

  • @Millerandzois

    @Millerandzois

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good point. But we have talked about it a ton. In fact, the only reason you know that is because we have put that out there. But the $5.2 is the better figure to look at because it underscores how the jury valued it. I think this is more relevant to people watching this than the victim's choice to mitigate his risk with such a deal.

  • @jon1rene

    @jon1rene

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Millerandzois I thought I saw a deposition posted by your group of a radiologist a couple of years ago but it was almost immediately removed. Is that depo not available? Thanks.

  • @Millerandzois

    @Millerandzois

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jon1rene Not sure. Do not recall that. But will look into it.

  • @PBMS123

    @PBMS123

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Millerandzois I saw it on a news site after the decision was upheld. The number is important because it underscores what you thought you'd be able to achieve. What % of the awarded moneys do you take in your fee?>

  • @slyjokerg

    @slyjokerg

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PBMS123 They got at least 1/3 of the money. That is their very reason for being attorneys, which is why this video deceitfully implies that the plaintiff got 5.2m. The "award" wasn't anything close to that. It was 1.5m, and this firm got at least 500k of it. But they throw out the $5.2m number because they want to make people's eyes pop in their effort to drum up more business. They are classic ambulance chasers.

  • @Bmaki539
    @Bmaki5392 жыл бұрын

    This attorney should be ashamed of himself. What a liar and a hack. Out of the 1.5, legal fees and came off the top around 300 thousand and then Attorney gets his 30%from the 1.1. million. Poor Mr. Towson ends up with about 3 years income. If this happened at work he also get workers compensation and Social Security disability. Godspeed Mr. Towson.

  • @doctordjgamerdjgamer8166

    @doctordjgamerdjgamer8166

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m dealing with attorneys fee like this right now 😢

  • @FreedomsNurse
    @FreedomsNurse3 жыл бұрын

    These defense experts make total sense. Where are the depositions for the plaintiff? It's hard for me to see how the jury could award the verdict. Maybe it was sympathy money? Perhaps the US need to move toward an inquisitorial legal system instead of the current adversarial system.

  • @mattschlager1084

    @mattschlager1084

    3 жыл бұрын

    a quick search of this case on the court website. this case settled for $1.5m.

  • @seinfeld11123

    @seinfeld11123

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mattschlager1084 " The jury ended up awarding our client $5.2 million in damages." how would they settle for 1.5 when a jury awarded 5M ?

  • @LatinMaximus

    @LatinMaximus

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mattschlager1084 thanks for the infor....just starting watching these depos (yes, my life is quit dull). The case does not add up.

  • @mattschlager1084

    @mattschlager1084

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@seinfeld11123 the reward was appealed by the defense.

  • @PBMS123

    @PBMS123

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@seinfeld11123 They didn't settle, it was reduced by a high low agreement.

  • @Kaymeron
    @Kaymeron Жыл бұрын

    The lawyer, asking the questions makes such gross mouth sounds. This deposition is unlistenable.

  • @Millerandzois

    @Millerandzois

    Жыл бұрын

    That is a new one! :)

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