Sentences with phrase «as a medical malpractice defendant»

Not exact matches

Earlier this month, one state's appellate court issued a written opinion in a medical malpractice case that required the court to determine whether the single doctor named as a defendant should be able to introduce evidence that there had originally been several other doctors named as defendants, but they had all settled with the plaintiff before the case reached trial.

The first six are medical malpractice lawsuits against Baltimore Hospitals, the other ten are not specifically against hospitals as the prime defendants, but are against doctors and other health care entities.

Being named as a defendant in a medical malpractice case can be extremely stressful.

Medical malpractice cases often come down to a so - called «battle of the experts» between the plaintiff and the defense, with expert witnesses from both sides offering opinions on the defendant's actions, whether they were in line with the standard of care and whether the defendant caused the plaintiff's injuries, as well as the impact of the plaintiff's underlying condition.

But I've never really felt what it was like to be inside one of these cases until I learned about the series of posts by pseudonymous blogger and pediatrician Flea, who's covering his experience as a defendant in a medical malpractice lawsuit at his blog.

Rather, medical malpractice cases are tried on the principle of comparing the defendant's actions against those which are generally accepted as being reasonable by industry professionals and experts.

The defendant will not be the same in every case, however, it is not uncommon for medical malpractice lawsuits to be filed against a single physician as well as the entire hospital or medical office.

Ken Ammann has litigated hundreds of complex personal injury, medical malpractice, and insurance related cases as lead counsel for injured plaintiffs and lead counsel for insured defendants.

In the case of a wrongful death caused by medical malpractice during labor and delivery, the defendants in the wrongful death action will be the same as those named in a medical malpractice suit for non-fatal injuries sustained by a baby.

The plaintiff will be required in such wrongful death actions to prove the medical malpractice or negligence of the defendants just as they would have in a medical malpractice action.

Big corporations and insurance companies try to limit their damages, but our lawyers have the resources and the trial experience to stand up for your rights in the most grave and severe personal injury and medical malpractice lawsuits, and match or exceed the resources of powerful defendants as we have done in countless cases.