Were You the Victim of Medical Malpractice?

10 Apr Were You the Victim of Medical Malpractice?

If you plan on speaking to an attorney about filing a medical malpractice claim, you should understand some of the basic concepts that define what malpractice is from a legal standpoint. Medical malpractice refers to a situation where a professional – malpractice law also applies to professionals other than doctors – is found to have performed their duties in a way that was negligent, immoral or incompetent. Taking a look at some common situations, you may be able to determine whether or not malpractice played a part in how you came to be injured by a physician.

Cause

In order to have a valid malpractice claim, the doctor’s malpractice actually has to have been the cause of any injuries that you sustained. This can be difficult to establish, which is why medical malpractice attorneys have access to experts who can help sort through a situation and find out whether or not malpractice was, in fact, the reason a given client suffered some sort of injury. There are conditions and diseases that, no matter how skillful a doctor is, will injure and maim. In situations where the doctor did their very best and where they delivered the most professional care possible, they are likely not liable to be sued for malpractice.

Injury and Money

You have to have sustained some sort of an injury to sue for malpractice. This can be a physical injury and, in medical malpractice claims, that is quite often the case. Your injuries may also be mental or financial. For example, if you were injured by a doctor, you may have lost the ability to work as you normally do and that is a financial injury. If you had to go through the trauma of multiple surgeries because the initial surgery you had done was botched, that would most certainly cause physical injury, but there would be a great deal of mental pain and suffering involved with such a scenario, as well.

In order to sue, you have to be able to set an amount that you are seeking in compensation. The attorneys at a Dallas medical malpractice law firm will have experience in doing so. This allows you to be certain that you do seek enough in compensation to offset what you have been put through.

Remember that talking to an attorney is absolutely necessary if you’re debating whether or not to sue for malpractice. Only an attorney can give you information on whether or not you should sue.

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