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The jury is going into deliberate and now they want to see the hospital record in your
medical malpractice matter. But before it can be given to them, it has to be redacted.
Would you like to learn what that really means? Come join me as I share with you this important
information. Hi. I'm Gerry Oginski. I'm a New York medical malpractice and personal
injury trial lawyer practicing law here in the state of New York. During the course of
trial, a hospital record will often be introduced into evidence and this way the doctors who
are coming in to testify will now be able to use that hospital record to talk to the
jury about what happened and why. And then at the end of the case when the jury goes
in to deliberate -- to decide whether we are more likely right than wrong -- they have
the opportunity to actually get that hospital record and inspect it to for themselves. They
have the ability to actually read through page by page whatever it is they want. There
are many times the attorneys or even the judge will want to have parts of the hospital records
redacted. Now what does that mean? It means that there may be certain information contained
within this hospital record that is totally unrelated to the claims being made in this
case or to the defenses being made. And if the jury were to see certain information,
it might influence them as they go ahead and review the particular record. So when you
hear that a hospital record is being redacted, what that means is that the attorneys now
have an obligation to remove those selected portions of the hospital record that the attorneys
agree upon is totally unrelated to the claims and defenses being made in this case. And
once that is done, then the jury can go ahead and get the entire hospital record minus those
portions that have been removed, whited or blacked out. So why do I share this great
information with you? I share it with you to give an insight and an understanding into
what goes on in the trial process here in the state of New York. And if you're watching
a trial in New York or you're the litigant, you will likely hear that the hospital record
is being redacted before the jury has access to it. You're watching this video likely because
you have questions or concerns of your own. Well if your matter happened here in New York
and you do have legal questions, what I encourage you to do is pick up the phone and call me.
I can answer your legal questions. This is something that I do every single day and I'd
love to talk to you. You can reach me at 516-487-8207 or by email at Gerry@Oginski-law.com. That's
it for today's quick video. I'm Gerry Oginski, have a wonderful day!