Anatomy of a Georgia Medical Malpractice Case -- Part I
At Robert J. Fleming, PC, we receive many calls from potential clients and referring attorneys regarding medical malpractice claims. Evaluating these cases is a "necessary evil" of our practice. Most callers report horrible injuries such as loss of limb, death of the patient or of an unborn child, loss of bodily functions, loss of sight, paralysis... The list is endless and truly troubling. According to the National Institute of Medicine, over 98,000 American deaths each year are caused by medical errors. However, it should be noted that not all bad medical outcomes are due to malpractice and, possibly an even more troubling truism, not all instances of "sloppy medicine" lead to actionable medical malpractice cases.
This is the sad reality in which we operate. Medical malpractice cases are expensive to litigate, take a long time to prosecute and require a tremendous amount of dedication and resoursces to pursue. With that said, there still are many meritorious cases; many cases worth pursuing and many instances in which justice requires (perhaps demands) that a lawsuit be filed. In the next few posts, we will help you separate the wheat from the shaft and better understand the type of medical malpractice case that should be pursued.
