Abstract
This Article will not survey and catalog all available cases dealing with the "insurance counsel's tightrope." Instead, it will focus on the identification and resolution of conflicts of interest that may arise at various stages of the litigation of a medical malpractice action in which a lawyer has been retained to represent the interests of both the physician policy-holder and his insurance carrier. Many of the problems examined are applicable to all insurance defense litigation, and the combination of large claims and complex issues presented in medical malpractice cases, together with the distrust of lawyers shared by many doctors, provides particularly fertile ground for conflicts of interests and legal malpractice claims.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 1982
5-27-2015
Repository Citation
Richard H. Underwood, The Doctor and His Lawyer: Conflicts of Interest, 30 U. Kan. L. Rev. 385 (1982).
Notes/Citation Information
The University of Kansas Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Spring 1982), pp. 385-407