Litigation Support

Medical Illustrations

By Blake Boyd

Listening to a doctor explain a procedure is one of the most difficult topics for a jury to visualize. Any case that involves injuries, whether it be a medical malpractice suit or a car wreck benefits from a quality medical illustration or animation. DLS does not create our own medical illustrations for use in our presentations, this is a very specialized field that takes a graphic designer with an extensive medical background. We suggest our clients to use a company based out of Dallas named MediVisuals.



While I can?t attest to how many illustrations they have, I do know that I?ve never had a client make a request they couldn?t produce. The downfall of using a company such as MediVisuals is the cost, while each illustration differs in price, they are normally very cost prohibitive for smaller cases (car wrecks), but are extremely useful if your case can justify the cost.

The next time you have a case involving an injury or botched medical procedure, put yourself in a jurors shoes? Would you be able to visualize what your expert is discussing? If not, I highly recommend using medical illustrations or animations.

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Full post as published by The Trial Technologist's View on March 23, 2010 (boomark / email).