There are two approaches that health care providers can pursue in handling a medical error. Is it better for a physician not to admit a mistake and aggressively defend the claim or apologize and try to amicably resolve the matter? There has been a growing movement for physicians to offer words of sympathy or to apologize for a medical mistake as a way of minimizing the impact of a medical error and reducing the chances of a malpractice claim. There are a number of benefits to this approach but critics maintain that an apology is a useless gesture with an unproven track record and merely a way of obtaining tort reform in disguise. This Article explores this controversy, the enactment and criticisms of apology laws designed to encourage physicians to talk to patients about medical mistakes, and examines how the courts have responded to whether expressions of sympathy and fault are admissible in court without constituting an admission of liability.
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We are excited to announce that the following Associates have been selected to have their law review notes published in Volume 69 of Cleveland State Law Review during the 2020-21 school year:
Taylor Hagen (Campaign finance reform in Ohio)
Izaak Horstemeier-Zrnich (Copyright small claims courts)
Hannah Kraus (Ohio’s anti-boycotts, divestment, and sanctions law)
Jordan Mason (Constitutionality of Ohio’s familial DNA searches)
Randy Pavlicko (Website accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act)
Emily Rees (Workplace harassment)
Jimmy Scherer (Cleveland’s eviction laws)
Natasha Wasil (Postnuptial agreements in Ohio)
Also, the following students will be published on our online journal, Et Cetera:
Bryan Fisher (Sports gambling, data, and college athletes)
Liz Jackson (Immigration enforcement in the Trump Era)
Caitlin Steiner (Easing federal banking restrictions for marijuana-related business)
Congratulations all!