The biggest takeaway from the recently-released Medical Malpractice Attorney’s Handbook is that it’s not just an issue in the legal system. Instead, this is a societal issue. Medical malpractice claims can devastate a family and leave a lasting impact. With these cases, the family is at risk for legal actions that can be much, much more costly.
When a family loses a loved one due to medical malpractice, that death toll can be on the order of, say, $50,000. In such cases, a medical malpractice lawyer can be a life-saver. That said, we’re often told that the best they can hope for is to recover under the doctors’ malpractice insurance and that they won’t get paid for any of these cases.
The reality is that many of the cases that are going to be thrown out and the family will have to pay for the full amount of the legal costs.
To avoid being ripped off by insurance companies, medical malpractice lawyers often look to the courts for favorable settlements. But that doesn’t mean that they have to settle for a small fraction of the amount that the family will be responsible to pay. A case where the family will pay $50,000 is far from uncommon.
There are some cases in which a family is completely screwed, but there are others in which it is completely avoidable. A case where the medical malpractice case is dismissed with no liability is a good example. If you were sued for medical malpractice, you can generally expect the case to be tossed out, and the lawyer to get a good settlement. The case can be thrown out entirely and the case is then dismissed with no liability.
If you’re suing your insurance company for medical malpractice, then that’s a no-no for the medical malpractice case. It’s not like your doctor or your doctor doesn’t know if you’re dying. The doctor’s office doesn’t know if you’re dying, so they don’t know if you’re alive or dead. Also, you might be suing your doctor to get the case dismissed.
Yes, that is exactly what happened to David Segal, a former patient of Dr. John R. Smith. Segal was a victim of medical malpractice at the Mayo Clinic, and it took a year for the jury to come to a verdict. The case was dismissed with no liability.
The problem with malpractice is that it can create a lot of unnecessary expenses, and it can cause people to spend money on lawyers all the time. In that sense, malpractice is like a government-sponsored insurance program for doctors.
The thing is, for most people, it’s hard to imagine a patient getting sued for malpractice. It’s almost impossible to fathom the amount of money and effort that would be required to put a man out of business for his mistakes, and the jury was right that it was almost impossible to prove that what happened to David Segal was a mistake.
In medical malpractice, the person who is wronged is usually the physician or hospital, and the patient is usually someone who has to pay out of pocket for his or her medical treatment. In the case of David Segal, the patient was his wife, and the claim was that he was negligent when he administered her a lethal dose of penicillin. The real problem came from the fact that the jury didn’t believe the patient even existed.
