Medical Lawyer Blog

I am wondering he is sucking her into being responsible for whatever may be left to owe. They are not married just living in my house. Help if you know???

They just want money. It doesn’t matter who pays.

I think she has a legal right to refuse paying it.

In my opinion, the only time malpractice suits should be for anything more than actual damages is when they stem from gross negligence or incompetence. A doctor sews a surgical instrument up in a patient, his a** is twisting in the wind.

Medicine is not a perfect science. Patients respond differently to the same treatments; doctors don’t always have all of the relevant information; decisions sometimes have to be made quickly without the aid of all possible diagnostic tests. Plus it is often difficult or impossible to know who will have what side effects.

absolutely.

When they are asking me to negotiate for a certain amount for a out of court settlement what is the practical way to go through the process. What are the chances that I would be getting more or less than the settlement amount in court in pennsylvania? Also am I limited to the amount of the physician’s malpractice insurance?

This is a question to discuss with your lawyer. What does he/she say?

A lot has to do with the quality of the case. How much are they offering you and what might you get in a trial?

Remember you could lose in court.

i don’t know where to start if anyone knows a good one uget 10

"33702" is not an area code. Area codes only have 3 digits.

i know what kind there are but, i don’t know how much they get paid and what exactly do they do?!

here are all the kinds of lawyers that there are …

Assaults Lawyer, Bankruptcy Lawyer, Compensation Lawyer, Defense Lawyer, Divorce Lawyer, Fraud Lawyer, Insurance Lawyer, Medical Malpractice Lawyer, Personal Injury Lawyer, Nursing Home Lawyer, Social Security Lawyer, Wrongful Death Lawyer, Tax Lawyer, International Lawyer, Criminal Lawyer, Securities Lawyer, Car Accident Lawyer, Malpractice Lawyer, Software Lawyer.

It would all depend on where they went to law school, where they are working ect. Lawyers at large private firms tend to make the most, whereas government lawyers tend to make less. BTW you have not even come close to naming the different types of lawyers there are and half of the list you have put together could be lumped in together (not sure if there is such a thing as an assaults lawyer, Med mal car accident and wrongful death all fall under torts/personal injury).

In California, I know the statute of limitations for Medical Malpractice is 1 year from the date of discovery of injury. I also know that the doctor must be notified 3 months in advance of the filing of the lawsuit.

What happens if the plaintiff finds a lawyer 2 months before the statute of limitations runs? How can they give 3 months notice to the doctor, and still file within 1 year?

They will likely be unable to file the claim. They should have presented notice to the doctor, even if they didn’t have a lawyer yet.

You can submit your case with all the details to http://www.selectcounsel.com and if its a good case they will find you one of the best lawyers in your area. Good luck

My friend went in for 1/2 hour outpatient procedure. When she woke up it was over 24 hours later with major surgery. spent many days in icu and missed a lot of work. The doctor made a mistake somewhere along the line. She does not want to put the doctor through the ringer, she understands it was a mistake. She does want her medical bills taken care of and I told her to get a little more to help with a mortgage, couple hundred thousand, not millions. So the question is would it be better to deal with the (doctor, hospital) or talk to a lawyer who will want to get a settlement for millions so he can make a lot of money and drive up insurance costs?

Well you can talk with the doctor. He has insurance and they will try to negotiate a settlement (out of court).
This could be good in one way…You don’t have to pay some ambulance chaser 40-50% of your settlement.
Be careful though…Malpractice insurance companies tend to send you a low ball figure hoping you will settle.
If you do settle without lawyers, get covered for later illnesses that could be because of the mistake the doctor made.
Good Luck

When a lawyer is requesting medical records for a law suit, am I entitled to receive a reasonable fee for providing copies of such records (I am not in the law suit).
They are using it as evidence for support of damage done by another party. Can anyone site an official laws stating compensation is due?

Are you a medical professional or health care provider? If so, many jurisdictions allow medical facilities/health care professionals to charge certain fees for copies of medical records.

ETA:
If you want specific laws, it would help if you gave a specific jurisdiction (i.e., state).

If you find a list of the yearly cost of malpractice of every state in the U.S., please copy it onto your answer. If not, please tell me the cost of it yearly in these states:
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Rhode Island
Massachusetts

Thanks!

In each of those states, for a vetrinarian, it’s about $250 a year.

For all the others, it will depend on: which hospitals they have admitting priveleges to, the retroactive date on the policy, the limit of coverage, the type of medicine practiced, the type of procedures they do, the number of hours worked, the proximity to major city hospitals, How long they’ve practiced medicine, the prior claims history, and I’m probably forgetting a few other things. It can be anywhere from $500 for new dentists, to six figures for obstetricians and cardiac surgeons.