Interprofessional Committee Hypothetical Case Report
| Publication year | 1990 |
| Pages | 1053 |
| Citation | Vol. 19 No. 6 Pg. 1053 |
1990, June, Pg. 1053. Interprofessional Committee Hypothetical Case Report
The Interprofessional Committee of the Colorado and Denver Bar Associations meets as a joint committee on a monthly basis. The Committee's charge is to promote understanding and cooperation among the legal profession and other professions. In furtherance of its responsibilities, the Committee accepts disputes involving lawyers and other professionals and, if mediation is unsuccessful, renders an advisory opinion based on the Interprofessional Code. The Interprofessional Code is endorsed by the Colorado Bar Association, Denver Bar Association, Colorado Medical Society and Denver Medical Society. Anyone wishing a copy of the Code should contact Julie Petersen at the Colorado Bar Association office (860-1115).
In the interest of improving communication between the professions, hypothetical case reports and case summaries, such as the following, will be a bimonthly feature in The Colorado Lawyer. These reports, generated by the Denver Bar Association Interprofessional Committee, identify interactions where misunderstandings commonly occur between attorneys and other professionals. The hypotheticals are often based on actual disputes submitted to the Committee. Persons with comments or questions should send such to Marc J. Kaplan, Chairman of the Interprofessional Committee, Aisenberg & Kaplan, P.C., Colorado State Bank Building, 1600 Broadway, Suite 2000, Denver, CO 80202.
A doctor is endorsed as an expert witness by Attorney A on behalf of the plaintiff in a personal injury case. Attorney B, representing the defendant, requests and takes the deposition of plaintiff's endorsed doctor. The doctor sends Attorney B a bill which itemizes an amount for deposition preparation and an amount for actual deposition time. The doctor felt that additional research was necessary for him to be properly prepared for probing questions from Attorney B, so the doctor spent 20 hours in the medical library reading every article on the subject. There had been no discussion or agreement between the attorneys and the doctor prior to the deposition as to whether preparation was necessary or which party would be responsible for such deposition preparation. Attorney B pays...
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