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Ottenwess Law attorney David Ottenwess represents two radiologists in a medical malpractice case. During the course of discovery, plaintiff named, and subsequently produced a “familiar” urologist as an expert to testify in the case. While urology was not a specialty...

Ottenwess Law attorney David Ottenwess convinced Plaintiff’s counsel to dismiss their client from a medical malpractice case four days before trial. First, after the deposition of Plaintiff’s experts, motions to dismiss several named physician defendants were filed....

Plaintiffs are seeking “nuclear” verdicts and have hired the same over-used damage experts to come up with exaggerated life care plans and economic reports, which are not supported by the medical records, opinions of treating physicians, or even the deposition...

Brief Overview In July 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court released its opinion in Meyers v Rieck, ___ Mich ___(2022). The Court overruled previous case law and held that in a malpractice case, a Defendant’s internal protocols may be admissible at trial, but also held...

Ottenwess Law Managing Partner, Stephanie Ottenwess, successfully represented an ophthalmologist before the Board of Medicine in obtaining his Michigan medical license. The physician, who had held a full unrestricted license in another state for the prior seven (7)...

Ottenwess Law represented a hospital in a claim involving a Physician Assistant and nurses. Plaintiff blackboarded over $8 million in economic damages. After expert discovery had been completed, David Ottenwess convinced the Court to dismiss the allegations against...

Ottenwess Law is proud to announce that Founding Partner David Ottenwess has been named as one of Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s “Leaders in the Law” for 2022. Those selected as Leaders in the Law are lawyers who are setting the standard for other attorneys. David has...

Ottenwess Law congratulates three of its lawyers who have been named to the 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Only the top 5.3% of elite lawyers in the U.S. were selected by...

Ottenwess Law is proud to announce that our Founding Partner, David M. Ottenwess, has been selected to the 2022 Michigan Super Lawyers list. This marks David’s 16th year of receiving this distinction. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state...

  Ottenwess Law is proud to announce that our Managing Partner, Stephanie Ottenwess, has been selected to receive Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s 2022 “Influential Women of Law” distinction. Stephanie is among 32 attorneys and judges who will be honored at a luncheon...