Perhaps a Level Field: A Performable Case Study Inspired by the (Bio)Ethics of Third-Party Litigation Funding
| Date: | Monday, April 25, 2016 |
| Time: | 7:00 - 8:00 PM |
| Description: | The case concerns the ways in which a person who has been injured by a medical device or a questionable medical intervention can become a means to a lucrative end, such as an "investment" or "claim asset," due to the growing financial services practice of lending to plaintiffs and plaintiffs' attorneys in class action litigation. Whether this is exploitative or empowers plaintiffs with pecuniary resources that would otherwise be out of reach, i.e. "leveling the field," is one of a number of issues that the case study interrogates, through the experience of a medically and legally vulnerable patient. Refreshments to follow. |
| Website: | http://bioethics.wfu.edu/performable-case-study-perhaps-a-level-field-the-bioethics-of-third-party-litigation-funding-25th-april/ |
| Location: | Room 409, Benson University Center |
| Contact: |
Stephanie Reitz reitzsct@wfu.edu |
| Tags: | Bioethics • Health law |
