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Improv and the Trial Lawyer
- By Carl
Bettinger. An article published in the July/August 2011
issue of The New Mexico Trial Lawyer.
In Search of a Story: The Hero's
Journey - By Carl Bettinger. An
article published in the July/August 2010 issue of The
New Mexico Trial Lawyer.
The House that Ray Built
- An article by
Carl Bettinger describing the Overson v. ManorCare case,
which was settled in the multi-million dollar range
after four days of trial in 2004.
Improv and the Trial Warrior
- An article by
Carl Bettinger and Cheryl Carpenter describing the use
of interdisciplinary approach to trial practice.
In Search of the Altered
Record - By Greg Chase. An article
published in the March/April 2009 issue of The New
Mexico Trial Lawyer.
Nursing Home Staffing
- By Carl
Bettinger. An article explaining the legal requirements
nursing homes must meet.
Unpaid Debts - By Carl Bettinger. An
article published in "The New Mexico Trial Lawyer," a
publication of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers' Foundation.
To Err is Human - From the Institute of
Medicine. Building a
Safer Health System: Health care in the United States is
not as safe as it should be--and can be. At least 44,000
people, and perhaps as many as 98,000 people, die in
hospitals each year as a result of medical errors that
could have been prevented, according to estimates from
two major studies.