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Types of Cases on Which You Can Consult as a CLNC®
Don't think that 100% of your legal nurse consultant practice will be devoted to medical malpractice cases. This is an unnecessary limitation on the variety of cases on which you can consult.
There are diverse and numerous opportunities to build your legal nurse consultant business by consulting on widely differing cases. Graduates of our #1 best-selling program have consulted on cases as simple as a neck injury caused by an auto accident, as high-profile as the Rodney King case and as groundbreaking as Fen-Phen, silicone implants, tobacco, and Firestone tire litigation. Attorneys need your nursing expertise on any case where health, illness or injury is an issue.
Medical and Nursing Malpractice Cases
Cases involving the professional negligence of a healthcare provider or the negligence of a healthcare facility, such as a hospital or HMO.
Every specialty of nursing and medicine is at risk for medical malpractice.
A hot area today – cases involving managed care, access to care and denial of care issues.
General Personal Injury Cases
Nonprofessional negligence cases, such as:
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Premises liability cases (e.g., slip and fall in a grocery store)
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Auto accident cases
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Aviation cases
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Liquor liability cases
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Railroad litigation cases
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Toxic mold cases
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Products Liability Cases
Cases involving the liability of manufacturers and sellers of a product to buyers, users and even bystanders who allege damages or injuries as a result of a defective product, including:
1. Medical device and drug-related cases, such as cases involving:
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Fen-Phen
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Penile implants
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Heart valves
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Silicone breast implants
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Prozac
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Restoril
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Tryptophan
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Halcion
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2. Nonmedical device cases, such as cases relating to:
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Motor vehicles, automobiles and automobile parts
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Cigarettes and cigarette lighters
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Machinery and equipment
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Children's toys and products
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Electromagnetic fields (e.g., cellular telephones)
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Food
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Household products
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Personal care products
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Consumer products (e.g., appliances)
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Industrial products
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Toxic Torts and Environmental Cases
Cases involving alleged damages or injuries resulting from the release of toxins into the environment, such as toxins from:
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Electromagnetic fields (e.g., against a utility company)
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Asbestos
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Radiation contamination
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Hazardous chemicals in a workplace
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Waste management and disposal
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Pesticides
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Secondary smoke exposure
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Sick building syndrome
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Workers' Compensation and Workplace Injury Cases
Cases involving job-related injuries arising out of and in the course of employment, such as:
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Equipment- and machinery-related injuries
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Cumulative trauma disorders
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Injuries caused by objects striking workers
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Back injuries
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Auto accidents
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Criminal Cases
Cases involving any act that society has deemed contrary to the public good because the act is injurious to all of society and violates the peace and tranquility of the community, such as:
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Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) or Driving Under the Influence (DUI) cases
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Sexual and physical assault cases
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Child, spouse or elder abuse cases
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Criminal malpractice cases
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Criminal environmental cases
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Any case involving a victim of a violent crime
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Psychiatric defenses
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Medicare fraud and abuse cases
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Possession of narcotics cases
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Any Case Where Health, Illness or Injury Is at Issue
Many types of cases involving medical-related issues, such as:
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Family law (e.g., custody battle)
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Probate (e.g., competency issues)
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School health (e.g., injury of child while crossing street, sexual assault by teacher)
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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Employer-employee relationships (e.g., wrongful dismissal)
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Sexual harassment
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Right to die
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Social Security benefit issues
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Medicare benefit issues
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Physician-facility relationships (e.g., physician dropped from an HMO, preferred provider network or managed care network)
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Psychiatrist or therapist abuse or injury
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Insurance (e.g., reasonableness of a medical bill, relationship of a medical bill to the alleged damages or injuries)
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Family Leave Act
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Bad faith litigation against insurance company for failure to pay a claim or for denial of access to specific care or treatment
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Elder issues (e.g., abuse, conservatorship)
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Wrongful adoption
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| Successful CLNC®s Say |
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"Since purchasing Vickie's CLNC® Certification (Home-Study) Program, I have successfully started my own legal nurse consultant business. I am reviewing charts and providing expert testimony for some of the largest medical malpractice firms in the country. After only one month in business, a client flew me to their office just to get acquainted. I incorporated almost a year ago, and within the first eight months I made my yearly nursing salary.
Legal nurse consulting provides me with freedom, flexibility, and the ability to be my own boss. I truly have a dream job, that allows me to make my own hours, wear what I want in the comfort of my own office, and design my own company. What more could anyone hope for?"
Pam Adams,
RN, North Carolina
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"Vickie's course is worth every penny. She's the best. The practical information you receive is incomparable to any others I have seen. She covers all the bases and gives you what you need to get started as a legal nurse consultant."
Susan Morgan,
RN, CLNC, California
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"Vickie is the master teacher and mentor of the legal nurse consulting profession. It's an honor and privilege to train with the master."
E. Marie Rose, RN,
New Jersey
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RN, PhD, CLNC,
New Jeresy
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RN, CLNC,
California
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