Rethinking Harm in Personal Injury and Negligence Cases: Using Psychosocial Evaluations to Uncover Harm

Many attorneys, particularly in the fields of personal injury and medical malpractice, struggle to understand the injury their clients have suffered. In this course, attorney and forensic expert Mark Silver provides the lawyer useful and humanistic tools to better conceptualize and understand the harms that a client has suffered. Consequently, the lawyer in question can advocate for their client in a more informed and holistic manner with a consideration for a broad range of harms that require just compensation.

Learning Objectives:

1. Acquire a new tool to add to a personal injury (or medical malpractice) practice to evaluate the harms clients have suffered for evaluation purposes
2. Identify the possible psychological effects of harm from an injury in a much broader manner
3. Recognize how to advocate for your client by understanding a broader range of harms