What is negligence and what can you do if you are a victim?

Medical malpractice is defined as any negligent action (or inaction) committed by any medical professional that fails to meet the standard level of care established by other professionals in the relevant field. Claims can be brought against any medical professional, including physicians, surgeons, dentists, chiropractors, nurses, pharmacists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and even therapists.

However, having a legitimate claim and actually seeking compensation are two different things. Malpractice lawsuits are some of the most complex personal injury lawsuits in the legal world, and someone who is not a lawyer has almost no chance of success when representing himself.

Common causes of negligence claims include:

-Misdiagnosis or lack of diagnosis
– Pharmaceutical errors
-Incorrect dosage of medications.
-Surgical errors
-Preoperative or postoperative errors
-Nursing errors

If you have been injured due to any of these mistakes, you may be eligible to seek compensation through a medical malpractice claim. But if you are trying to file this claim without the help of an experienced legal professional, you should reconsider. Put bluntly, non-lawyers cannot win medical malpractice cases.

Why won’t any attorney take my medical malpractice case?

If you have been looking for a medical malpractice attorney, you may have realized how difficult it can be to find one to take on your case. Recent Texas tort reform has capped general damages at $250,000. General damages include compensation for things like mental and emotional turmoil, physical pain and suffering, and disfigurement. In light of this tort reform, many personal injury firms will not even accept medical malpractice claims.

Fortunately, our attorneys have twenty years of medical claims experience and have helped hundreds of victims, both before and after tort reform. We know how to thoroughly investigate a patient’s injuries and calculate the actual amount of damages the plaintiff should receive. We are intimately familiar with medical malpractice law and have a successful track record with hundreds of high-profile cases.

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