The defense physical exam (medical exam) is not an interrogation

Don’t let the medical examiner conduct an oral examination – this isn’t a deposition

Clifton Smoot

From Issue: 2018 April

The defense medical examination

Protecting your clients and their cases from improper examinations and interrogations during DMEs

Andrew Owen

From Issue: 2019 October

Defense mental exams and plaintiff’s psychiatric diagnosis

What you must know before your plaintiff is exposed to the pain of a mental exam

Justine Durrell
Ronald B. Schwartz

From Issue: 2014 May

Defense medical examinations

Understand the law and protect against common defense traps

From Issue: 2012 March

Vocational rehab examination by the defense

Don’t agree to any sham demand for a vocational exam of your client by a defense expert

Eustace de Saint Phalle
Andrew Clay

From Issue: 2017 May

Okay, now cough

Preparing for and attending the defense medical exam

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2017 April

Defense medical exams in brain-injury cases

Use motion practice to stop defense experts from abusing the MMPI2 and other testing in brain-injury cases

Alan Van Gelder

From Issue: 2020 December