I've been working for a plaintiffs personal injury attorney for 4 years. I just accepted a job working for the defense for medical malpractice. My current employer told me I'm going over to the dark side. Is that true? Am I selling my soul for defending doctors?

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You're not going over to the dark side. You'll be surprised at how many frivolous cases there are in med-mal. There are always going to be bad actors who see medical professionals with high malpratice insurance as a lottery ticket or a way to make a quick buck.

Also, if a doctor really committed negligence and did not perform within the standard of care, it would difficult to defend that. But every person should be afforded legal defense.

Bottomline: med-mal defense is not automatically the dark side!

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