FBMJ Attorney Featured Speaker at Hospital Grand Rounds
On Thursday, August 8th, Foley, Baron, Metzger, & Juip (FBMJ) attorney, Sarah Cherry, presented “Medical Malpractice: Charting Errors & Implications – Emergency Medicine Edition,” at Henry Ford Hospital Grand Rounds in Detroit, Michigan. Sarah presented to over 40 emergency medicine residents, interns, and physicians about appropriate charting in the emergency department. The presentation was designed to enhance the medical professionals’ understanding of the importance of following documentation best practices and the legal ramifications that could result when failing to do so.
Sarah’s presentation included discussions about the anatomy of a medical malpractice lawsuit, why clear charting is important in the legal setting, and the many implications of failing to include information in a medical chart. Cautionary tales and actual case studies were presented to illustrate the adverse consequences of failing to follow best practices.
Sarah is a Partner at FBMJ, and has spent her career defending medical professionals, including hospitals, physicians, physician assistants, CRNAs, nurses, and CAAs. So far in 2024 she has successfully obtained No Cause verdicts in two trials defending emergency medicine physicians.