Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
OCLC FAST subject heading
Dispute resolution (Law)
Abstract
Seven law school faculty members and one practicing attorney recently developed and taught a wholly new kind of law course based on an already published case study, Damages: One Family's Legal Struggles in the World of Medicine, by Barry Werth, an investigative reporter who spent several years researching to write the book. Damages, an in-depth account of a medical malpractice case, presents the perspectives of the injured family, the defendant physician, the lawyers, and the three mediators. In this Symposium Introduction, the authors provide a summary of Werth's book, explain why they decided to create a course based on his book, describe the course, and suggest ways that other law schools might use the course materials they developed.
Recommended Citation
Leonard L. Riskin, Damages: Using a Case Study to Teach Law, Lawyering, and Dispute Resolution, 2004 J. Disp. Resol. 1, available at http://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/facultypub/421
