This Agreement is entered into between the prospective expert (known hereinafter as “you or “your”) and Mednick Associates (known hereinafter as “us” or “our”) as of today’s date.
You desire to render your services to us as an expert in your chosen field to us and agree to the following terms:
Upon your acceptance of a case from us, you agree to review the materials, documentation and information provided by us and to provide us with your verbal opinion on said case within 14 days. Some cases will indicate an earlier due date. If you are unable to review the case materials by the due date, you must return the case to us and no fee to you will be applicable. If you encounter a conflict with any party or institution involved in the case during the review, you must return the case to us and no fee to you will be applicable.
You agree to make yourself available for additional record review, telephone conferences, reports, deposition testimony and trial testimony if you agree that a case has merit and that you can support it.
You shall not bill the client directly. All billing will be made through us and must be billed by email to billing@mednickassociates.com or sent through regular mail, within 30 days. Billing sent to us more than 30 days after the work was done may not be able to be paid.
You must notify us of new cases received directly from clients that were introduced through us and billing on new cases must be sent through us.
You will be paid only for services authorized in advance by us. Any bills in excess of time that has not been authorized by the company cannot be paid. You agree to inform us if contacted directly by client for additional services so additional funds can be obtained from client.
Scheduling arrangements for depositions and trial testimony shall also be made through the company to assure a timely and efficient process. The maximum billing hours per day shall be eight hours unless authorized in advance.
You will not be an employee of ours. You will be an independent contractor.
You warrant and represent that all professional licenses, including board certification are current and valid. You warrant and represent that you never had your license revoked or suspended and you’ve never been suspended from any hospital staff or had hospital privileges restricted. You will disclose to the company any matter that could your credibility as an expert.
You agree to hold us harmless from any and all claims, demands, liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and causes of action relating or resulting from your’s acts or omissions relating to this agreement in any way.
You agree and understand that the information in all medical documents sent are confidential and agree to treat as such.
The laws of the state of Connecticut shall govern the agreement. Any action arising out of this agreement shall only be commenced and maintained in the County of Fairfield, State of Connecticut.
In any dispute between the parties, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party all reasonable costs, including without limitation, reasonable attorney fees.