Scott C. Gottlieb, Injury Law Attorney

MANY MALPRACTICE CASES ARE
NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE

Often in our daily practice, we hear of incidents where medical providers have clearly made an error which has caused harm to a patient. These errors are a form of negligence which are commonly known as medical malpractice. However, many of these medical errors have not caused enough harm to the patient to warrant a medical malpractice legal action.

A medical malpractice case is very time-consuming and expensive to put together. It is necessary for us to hire other medical professionals who are willing and able to testify at trial. Additionally, we often need to hire economists and vocational rehabilitation experts to demonstrate how the medical malpractice has impacted the client’s ability to work or perform household duties.

Therefore, it is not unusual for us to spend anywhere from $15,000 to $50,000 to prepare a medical malpractice lawsuit. Moreover, these cases may be complicated and therefore require many hours of office time.

Accordingly, we do not recommend medical malpractice actions unless the injury is so serious as to justify the many dollars and hours that it takes to bring it to a successful conclusion.

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