Medical Malpractice: What You Should Know
Medical malpractice doesn’t necessarily mean a grossly incompetent amateur doing incalculable damage because they don’t belong in practice. Certainly, there are cases that come down to that, but sometimes, it’s a bad mistake made by an otherwise qualified and well-meaning doctor. Too many people think that malpractice suits are all about destroying the careers of doctors and driving up health care costs.
The truth is far more complicated. Medical malpractice cases are about protecting people. They’re about giving you the financial stability you need to recover from a serious injury that you didn’t ask for, which could’ve been avoided with a bit of care. Learn all you should know about medical malpractice, and how a personal injury lawyer can get the financial compensation and stability you need to get well.
What Is Medical Malpractice?
Again, medical malpractice doesn’t necessarily mean gross incompetence, though, in some of the worst cases, that does arise. If a doctor or other healthcare professional performs a procedure that they’re too inexperienced or otherwise unqualified to perform and you get hurt, medical malpractice does occur and this may be the most well-known form.
Other times, well-meaning doctors can make terrible mistakes. A piece of surgical equipment like a sponge can be accidentally left inside after a surgery. Poor suturing can occur. Doctors could be extremely tired or stressed, causing errors.
Sometimes they might turn to drugs or alcohol to deal with the stress, reducing their coordination and judgment. They could accidentally through poor communication or planning operate on the wrong body part or even perform the wrong procedure altogether.
Compensation for Malpractice
Any time an accident occurs during a medical procedure, from prescribing the wrong medication to a major surgical incident, and it could’ve been avoided by some basic effort and attention, it may be malpractice. This means that doctors have fallen below the expected standard of care for their profession.
Not every mistake made by a doctor qualifies as malpractice, however. It generally requires the mistake to be serious enough to cause you harm (in fact, if you haven’t suffered harm, there’s no malpractice) and the mistake must have been entirely preventable. In short, the doctor must have been negligent in providing the proper standard of care in some way, and you had to get hurt due to this negligence.
If you’ve been hurt due to medical malpractice, you can be entitled to a range of compensatory damages from your medical bills to your lost wages to pain and suffering, emotional damages, loss of consortium and more.
Calling a Personal Injury Lawyer
When the time comes to fight for your rights and get the compensation you deserve for the injuries you’ve suffered, your best chance is with an experienced personal injury lawyer. Hospitals have powerful attorneys and insurance companies behind them, and they will fight to invalidate your claim.
Proving your case requires someone with experience and knowledge. If you need help with your case in Southern Colorado, you should call the attorneys at Heuser & Heuser, LLP. We’re ready to help you prove your injury claim and get the compensation you deserve. Contact us for a free consultation about your case today.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How Do I Know What My Case Is Worth?
There are a variety of things we look at when evaluating your case and determining its value. We look at how the accident occurred. We look at what sort of injuries you sustained. Do you have a permanent injury that will last the rest of your life? Are you going to have future medical bills? We look at lost wages. Did you lose your job? If you have permanent work restrictions as a result of the accident, you may not be able to find a job very easily in the future. These are some of the factors that we look at in evaluating a claim. Every case is unique and different. That’s why at our law firm, every case gets personal attention from the lawyer when it comes time to evaluate.
Why is it Important to Hire a Lawyer?
Insurance companies are in business for a reason: to make money. Anytime they are paying money on a claim, it means less money to their bottom line. They have literally hundreds of adjusters and hundreds of lawyers who are on their side trying to figure out how to prevent money from leaving their checkbooks. Quite frankly, you do need a lawyer to help you through this because your lawyer will make sure you’re properly compensated.
Do Cases Settle Without Going to Court?
Cases settle before going to trial 80 to 90 percent of the time. However, that doesn’t mean there’s not a lot of work involved in getting a case settled outside of court. Sometimes you have to file a lawsuit and do a lot of what I call “legal maneuvering” to get a case settled. That means we take depositions from witnesses to the accident, from police officers, and from your doctors. But, yes, most cases will settle prior to trial.
Do You Get Good Results for Your Clients?
We do get good results for our clients. We have settled hundreds, if not thousands, of cases where we’ve had large settlements. We’ve had substantial verdicts. We go to the mat for our clients if necessary. We’ll appeal cases. We’ll do whatever it takes to make sure our client is taken care of.
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