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A newsletter from West providing Westlaw® search tips for corporate counsel and staff
November/December, 2007
Jurisdiction feature in Medical Litigator®: For state-specific materials involving a particular injury, device, or medication, it's a no-brainer
Q: I want to retrieve Texas cases, jury verdicts, and briefs that discuss the alleged link between Vioxx and heart attacks. I suspect I don't know enough medical terminology to formulate a precise search of case law, jury verdicts, and briefs databases. What should I do?
A: Use
Medical Litigator and its Jurisdiction feature. Complete these steps:
1. Access the tabbed Medical Litigator page and click change (the link next to Jurisdiction: All) in the right frame. A checklist of jurisdictions is displayed. Click clear all, then select the Texas check box. Click Add to Search.
2. The Medical Litigator page now displays
Jurisdiction: Texas. Type
vioxx heart attack in the
Search text box. Then click
Search.
3. A list of medical terms related to heart attack (e.g., microinfarction of heart) is displayed. Use the check boxes to add one or more of these terms to your search as desired, then click Continue. The cases, administrative decisions, jury verdicts, and briefs in your Medical Litigator result are restricted to documents from Texas.
To view all documents in a particular category, click view all in the category heading.