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Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Attorneys have a fiduciary connection with their clients and are required to conduct themselves with diligence, care and expertise. However, just like any other professional attorneys make mistakes.
Some errors made by attorneys are malpractice. To establish legal malpractice, the aggrieved person must demonstrate obligation, breach, causation and damages. Let's look at each of these components.
Duty
Medical professionals and doctors swear by their training and expertise to treat patients and not cause harm to others. Duty of care is the basis for patients' right to compensation if they are injured by medical malpractice. Your attorney can determine if the actions of your doctor breached the duty of care and if those breaches caused you injury or illness.
To establish a duty of care, your lawyer has to show that a medical professional has an agreement with you that owed you a fiduciary responsibility to exercise reasonable competence and care. This can be proved by eyewitness testimony, physician-patient records, and expert testimony of doctors who have similar education, experience, and training.
Your lawyer must also show that the medical professional breached their duty of care by not adhering to the accepted standards of care in their field. This is often called negligence. Your attorney will evaluate the defendant's conduct with what a reasonable person would do in the same circumstance.
Finally, your lawyer must prove that the defendant's breach of duty directly resulted in the loss or injury you suffered. This is known as causation. Your attorney will use evidence including your doctor's or patient reports, witness testimony and expert testimony, to show that the defendant's inability to adhere to the standard of care was the direct cause of your injury or loss to you.
Breach
A doctor is responsible for the duties of care that adhere to the standards of medical professional practice. If a doctor fails to meet these standards, and the result is an injury that is medically negligent, negligence could result. Expert testimony from medical professionals who possess similar qualifications, training or experience can help determine the standard of care for a specific situation. State and federal laws, as well as guidelines from the institute, help define what doctors are expected to provide for specific types of patients.
To prevail in a malpractice lawsuit, it must be shown that the doctor violated his or his duty of care and that the breach was the direct cause of injury. This is known in legal terms as the causation component and it is imperative that it is established. If a doctor needs to conduct an x-ray examination of a broken arm, they must put the arm in a cast and properly place it. If the doctor is unable to perform this, and the patient is left with a permanent loss of usage of the arm, then malpractice may have taken place.
Causation
Attorney malpractice claims rely on the evidence that proves that the lawyer's errors caused financial losses to the client. For example, if a lawyer does not file a lawsuit within the statute of limitations, which results in the case being lost forever and the victim could bring legal malpractice lawsuits.
It is important to recognize that not all errors made by attorneys are wrong. The mistakes that involve strategy and planning are not usually considered to be malpractice and lawyers have the ability to make decisions based on their judgments as long as they are reasonable.
Likewise, the law gives attorneys the right to conduct a discovery process on behalf of a client, so in the event that it is not unreasonable or negligent. Legal malpractice is committed by failing to discover important documents or facts, like medical reports or witness statements. Other examples of malpractice are a failure to add certain defendants or claims for example, like forgetting to include a survival count in a wrongful-death case or the continual and prolonged inability to communicate with clients.
It is also important to keep in mind the fact that the plaintiff must prove that if not for the lawyer's negligent conduct they would have won their case. The claim of malpractice by the plaintiff is deemed invalid if it is not proven. This requirement makes the process of bringing legal malpractice lawsuits difficult. It's crucial to hire an experienced attorney.
Damages
In order to prevail in a legal malpractice lawsuit, plaintiffs must show financial losses caused by an attorney's actions. In a lawsuit, this needs to be demonstrated using evidence, like expert testimony or correspondence between the client and attorney. In addition the plaintiff must demonstrate that a reasonable lawyer would have prevented the harm that was caused by the negligence of the attorney. This is referred to as proximate causation.
It can happen in many different ways. Some of the more common kinds of malpractice are the failure to meet a deadline, including a statute of limitations, a failure to conduct a conflict-check or any other due diligence on the case, not applying law to a client's situation, breaching a fiduciary duty (i.e. commingling trust account funds with personal attorney accounts) or mishandling the case, or not communicating with a client.
In the majority of medical malpractice cases the plaintiff will seek compensation damages. They compensate the victim for out-of-pocket expenses and losses, like hospital and medical bills, the cost of equipment needed to aid in healing, as well as lost wages. In addition, victims may seek non-economic damages, like pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life and emotional suffering.
In many legal malpractice cases there are claims for punitive or compensatory damages. The former compensates victims for losses caused by the negligence of the attorney, whereas the latter is designed to discourage future malpractice by the defendant.
Attorneys have a fiduciary connection with their clients and are required to conduct themselves with diligence, care and expertise. However, just like any other professional attorneys make mistakes.
Some errors made by attorneys are malpractice. To establish legal malpractice, the aggrieved person must demonstrate obligation, breach, causation and damages. Let's look at each of these components.
Duty
Medical professionals and doctors swear by their training and expertise to treat patients and not cause harm to others. Duty of care is the basis for patients' right to compensation if they are injured by medical malpractice. Your attorney can determine if the actions of your doctor breached the duty of care and if those breaches caused you injury or illness.
To establish a duty of care, your lawyer has to show that a medical professional has an agreement with you that owed you a fiduciary responsibility to exercise reasonable competence and care. This can be proved by eyewitness testimony, physician-patient records, and expert testimony of doctors who have similar education, experience, and training.
Your lawyer must also show that the medical professional breached their duty of care by not adhering to the accepted standards of care in their field. This is often called negligence. Your attorney will evaluate the defendant's conduct with what a reasonable person would do in the same circumstance.
Finally, your lawyer must prove that the defendant's breach of duty directly resulted in the loss or injury you suffered. This is known as causation. Your attorney will use evidence including your doctor's or patient reports, witness testimony and expert testimony, to show that the defendant's inability to adhere to the standard of care was the direct cause of your injury or loss to you.
Breach
A doctor is responsible for the duties of care that adhere to the standards of medical professional practice. If a doctor fails to meet these standards, and the result is an injury that is medically negligent, negligence could result. Expert testimony from medical professionals who possess similar qualifications, training or experience can help determine the standard of care for a specific situation. State and federal laws, as well as guidelines from the institute, help define what doctors are expected to provide for specific types of patients.
To prevail in a malpractice lawsuit, it must be shown that the doctor violated his or his duty of care and that the breach was the direct cause of injury. This is known in legal terms as the causation component and it is imperative that it is established. If a doctor needs to conduct an x-ray examination of a broken arm, they must put the arm in a cast and properly place it. If the doctor is unable to perform this, and the patient is left with a permanent loss of usage of the arm, then malpractice may have taken place.
Causation
Attorney malpractice claims rely on the evidence that proves that the lawyer's errors caused financial losses to the client. For example, if a lawyer does not file a lawsuit within the statute of limitations, which results in the case being lost forever and the victim could bring legal malpractice lawsuits.
It is important to recognize that not all errors made by attorneys are wrong. The mistakes that involve strategy and planning are not usually considered to be malpractice and lawyers have the ability to make decisions based on their judgments as long as they are reasonable.
Likewise, the law gives attorneys the right to conduct a discovery process on behalf of a client, so in the event that it is not unreasonable or negligent. Legal malpractice is committed by failing to discover important documents or facts, like medical reports or witness statements. Other examples of malpractice are a failure to add certain defendants or claims for example, like forgetting to include a survival count in a wrongful-death case or the continual and prolonged inability to communicate with clients.
It is also important to keep in mind the fact that the plaintiff must prove that if not for the lawyer's negligent conduct they would have won their case. The claim of malpractice by the plaintiff is deemed invalid if it is not proven. This requirement makes the process of bringing legal malpractice lawsuits difficult. It's crucial to hire an experienced attorney.
Damages
In order to prevail in a legal malpractice lawsuit, plaintiffs must show financial losses caused by an attorney's actions. In a lawsuit, this needs to be demonstrated using evidence, like expert testimony or correspondence between the client and attorney. In addition the plaintiff must demonstrate that a reasonable lawyer would have prevented the harm that was caused by the negligence of the attorney. This is referred to as proximate causation.
It can happen in many different ways. Some of the more common kinds of malpractice are the failure to meet a deadline, including a statute of limitations, a failure to conduct a conflict-check or any other due diligence on the case, not applying law to a client's situation, breaching a fiduciary duty (i.e. commingling trust account funds with personal attorney accounts) or mishandling the case, or not communicating with a client.
In the majority of medical malpractice cases the plaintiff will seek compensation damages. They compensate the victim for out-of-pocket expenses and losses, like hospital and medical bills, the cost of equipment needed to aid in healing, as well as lost wages. In addition, victims may seek non-economic damages, like pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life and emotional suffering.
In many legal malpractice cases there are claims for punitive or compensatory damages. The former compensates victims for losses caused by the negligence of the attorney, whereas the latter is designed to discourage future malpractice by the defendant.