Defending Obstetric Cases: Managing Medical and Legal Risks for the Best Outcomes
Speaker
Brant Poling, JD
Brant Poling is recognized as one of the nation's premier catastrophic injury defense trial lawyers. With over 30 years of courtroom experience, Mr. Poling has successfully tried high-stakes cases involving cerebral palsy, ventilator-dependent quadriplegia, paraplegia, traumatic brain injury, and wrongful death. His proven track record and litigation acumen have earned the trust of some of the world’s largest corporations, major hospitals, healthcare providers, and insurers, who consistently turn to him to defend their most serious cases—often in the country’s most challenging jurisdictions. Known for his ability to "parachute in" and deliver results, Mr. Poling has defended catastrophic injury cases nationwide, from coast to coast. A native of Ohio, Mr. Poling is deeply rooted in family and community. He is married with five children and is an avid supporter of Ohio State Football.
Christine Ringler, RN, BSN, CPPS, CPHRM
Christine Ringler is a Patient Safety and Risk Solutions Director at Candello, a division of CRICO. Christine has extensive knowledge in medical malpractice, risk management, clinical quality, and patient safety. She has more than 10 years of clinical nursing experience in Neonatal/Pediatric ICU. Christine also worked as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant for two of the most preeminent medical malpractice law firms in Boston where she provided support in investigating MPL claims and assisted in mediations, arbitrations, and trials. Christine then transitioned to Risk Management serving as a Risk Program Manager at a large inner-city community hospital where she focused on investigation and management of serious patient safety events. Prior to joining Candello in 2022, Christine was the Regional Director of Risk Management and interim Vice President of Risk, Quality and Patient Safety at a large for-profit organization where she worked with the corporate Executive Leadership Team to develop systemwide harm reduction strategies to ensure safe, high-quality patient care throughout the organization.
Olga Kats-Chalfant, JD
Ms. Kats-Chalfant holds a Juris Doctorate and has twenty years of medical malpractice claims experience. Her prime areas of focus include all aspects of healthcare law with special concentration in medical malpractice defense. In this capacity, Olga has represented physicians, nurses, healthcare administrators, other healthcare professionals, hospitals, medical practices, as well as long-term and short-term care facilities, nursing homes and hospice. In Olga’s current role at GB Healthcare, she manages matters related to physician groups, hospitals and long-term care accounts throughout the country. Her clients include those with self-insured retentions and high deductibles.
Description
The panel of presenters is comprised of a national trial attorney with extensive knowledge and experience in defending obstetric claims before juries throughout the country, a medical malpractice claim executive with extensive experience managing obstetrical malpractice claims for self-insured and commercially insured clients, and a Patient Safety and Risk Management professional with expertise in clinical data evaluation and litigation of obstetrical related claims. The panel will present national data trends for Medical Professional Liability (MPL) cases related to obstetrical care and what factors make these cases unique and especially volatile. They will share valuable insights into the nuances of obstetrical claims and the determinants of success or failure in the courtroom.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the webinar, the participant should be able to:
1. Understand the impact of large jury verdicts future MPL claims and current trends in obstetrical cases.
2. Identify the multiple factors that make obstetrical cases different from other MPL claims.
3. Recognize the critical importance of expert witness testimony, medical record documentation, jury selection and other factors that affect the outcome of obstetrical cases.
4. Evaluate areas where implicit bias can influence obstetrical care.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number 12205 for 1 contact hours.
This meeting has been submitted for approval for 1 contact hour of Continuing Education Credit toward fulfillment of the requirements of ASHRM designations of FASHRM (Fellow) and DFASHRM (Distinguished Fellow) and towards CPHRM renewal.