How To Know If You Have A Valid Medical Malpractice Case?
Do you think you have been a victim of medical malpractice, but you aren’t sure if you have a valid medical malpractice case? It can be a tricky area of law to navigate and one that you need to seek professional help in order to fully understand.
Our experienced team can help you review and assess a potential medical malpractice case, but first, let’s dive into the details to learn more about this area of law.
What Exactly Are Medical Malpractice Cases?
All healthcare professionals have a responsibility and duty to a patient to perform a duty of care. When a patient suffers an injury or death, that duty of care has been breached.
A medical malpractice case is a legal case against a professional healthcare provider for negligence that led to poor medical treatment resulting in the injury or death of a patient.
A medical malpractice case usually stems from a medical error. This could be a misdiagnosis, a surgical error, a prescription error, or even when the healthcare provider fails to treat a patient.
Besides the obvious sign of a severely injured patient or the worst result, death, not all medical malpractice cases are as apparent.
Lack of informed consent, not fully agreeing or understanding treatment also falls under medical malpractice. Especially if the patient experiences unusual treatment, the treatment doesn’t work, or suffers complications from the treatment.
Other examples of medical malpractice include receiving no follow-up or aftercare after treatment or receiving no concerns when new illnesses or symptoms arise.
Proving a Medical Malpractice Case
Yes, proving a medical malpractice case is complicated. But with our thorough and experienced team, we will ensure that we have all of the needed documents to prove the health provider didn’t meet the standard of care. These documents include all medical records, a complete list of all treatments received, all lab results, X-rays, MRIs, CT scans, and/or testimonies from experts and medical witnesses.
The first step is to get approval from the medical review board to submit a claim. Then, the claim will be reviewed in full and investigated to ensure it is valid. Then, the civil action claim can be filed with the court.
How An Accident Lawyer Can Protect Your Claim?
Medical malpractice incidents can result in severe consequences and could require lifelong treatment and in severe cases, round-the-clock care.
The skilled attorneys at the Law Offices of Jay L. Edelstein will evaluate your circumstances to validate you have a case and fight to get the justice and compensation you deserve.
Our office is conveniently located in Center City Philadelphia allowing us to easily represent clients in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Call us today at 215-893-9311 or 856-809-3150 to schedule a Free Consultation with a qualified and trustworthy Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyer today.