Herbert Weltrich
Herbert Weltrich (born December 30, 1918 in Iserlohn ; † July 14, 2006 in Düsseldorf ) was a German lawyer.
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After work and military service and subsequent imprisonment of war, he studied law from 1947, which he completed in 1951 with the state examination.
He then entered the judicial service of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in October 1951. In August 1953 he was appointed regional judge in Dortmund and only five years later, in September 1958, he was promoted to higher regional judge at the OLG Hamm .
From 1959 to 1967 Herbert Weltrich was entrusted with responsible management tasks in the Ministry of Justice of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, where he most recently held the position of Senior Ministerial Councilor. On July 1, 1967, he was appointed President of the Essen Regional Court .
Herbert Weltrich was President of the Higher Regional Court in Cologne from March 1, 1978 until he retired on December 31, 1983 . At the same time, he was a member of the Constitutional Court for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and most recently Vice-President there.
After his retirement, Herbert Weltrich had chaired the expert commission for medical malpractice at the North Rhine Medical Association since December 1984 . He held this office until 1999.
Publications
- Weltrich, Herbert: “Damage prophylaxis in the area of medical liability. Avoiding errors through advanced training measures, quality assurance and risk management to reduce the liability risk ”, in:“ Der Gynäkologe ”, Springer Verlag, February 1998
- Kienzle, Hans-Friedrich / Weltrich, Herbert: "Expert assessment: paralysis of the vocal cord nerves after thyroid resection", in: Deutsches Ärzteblatt 98, issue 1–2, January 2001
- Weltrich, Herbert / Fitting, Wilfried: “Consequences of liability due to late clarification. Inform the patient immediately before a non-urgent cardiac catheter intervention ”, in: Rheinisches Ärzteblatt 9/2006
Awards
In November 1984 Weltrich was awarded the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. On June 1, 2001 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia .
Web links
- Press release of the North Rhine Medical Association on death
- Press release of the NRW justice portal on death
- Ceremony of the expert commission for medical treatment errors at the North Rhine Medical Association on the occasion of the farewell to its long-term chairman Herbert Weltrich
Individual evidence
- ↑ Merit holders since 1986. State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on March 11, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weltrich, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Iserlohn |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 2006 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |