Medical-Legal Glossary

Essential terminology for understanding pediatric medical malpractice and expert witness proceedings.

Plain-language definitions of the medical and legal terms most often encountered in pediatric malpractice litigation, including standard of care, causation, foreseeability, Daubert, IVIG, kernicterus, and FDIA.

Compiled by Ralph D. Martello, MD, an actively practicing pediatric hospitalist at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital and faculty at the University of South Florida, dual board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine.

Martello Consulting provides pediatric medical expert witness services for plaintiff and defense counsel nationwide: medical record review, standard-of-care opinions, causation analysis, written expert reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony.