Why Medical Malpractice Settlement Should Be Your Next Big Obsession
How to File a Medical Malpractice Case
A patient who discovers that a foreign object, such as surgical clamps, remains inside her body following gall bladder surgery may pursue a medical malpractice suit. A successful lawsuit must establish the elements of medical malpractice: duty, deviance from this duty and direct reason.
Our clients must establish a direct link between the breach of duty and the injury. This is referred to as the proximate reason.
The reason for injury
A medical malpractice claim can be filed by the person who has been injured or a person legally designated to represent them. Depending on the circumstances this could be the spouse of the patient or an adult child, parent, a guardian ad litem, or the administrator or executor of the estate of the deceased pa...