What Does a Medical Malpractice Attorney Do

When you feel that you need to visit a medical professional for consultation or treatment, you highly expect that the physician, doctor or nurse will give you the best quality care that the profession demands. When a medical professional fails to exercise the degree of skill that he or she should use under the circumstances, medical malpractice occurs. When you believe that you have been injured by a medical malpractice, the first step that you should do is to meet with a qualified medical malpractice attorney.

You will know that a medical malpractice exists if you experience any one or more of the following:

* Surgical errors

* Medication errors

* Birth injury

* Dental malpractice

* Diagnosis errors

* Negligence

* Nursing home abuse or neglect, and many more acts that result in injury, impairment, disfigurement or death of the person while under the care of the health professional.

In deciding to contact a medical malpractice lawyer, you should act immediately. The passage of time can harm the claim process and your chances for recovery.

The medical malpractice attorney that you will select to represent you in your claim case should be someone who specializes in medical malpractice cases and has been practicing for many years with a recorded history of success. In your initial meeting with the medical malpractice lawyer, several things about the case shall be discussed and questions about the attorney's fee and costs shall be answered. Be sure that when you go to that initial meeting, you have with you copies of all your medical records.



In almost all medical malpractice cases, the medical malpractice attorney will take your case on a contingent fee basis. You will not be required to pay the lawyer any fee unless your case is won, after deducting the costs incurred in handling your case. In Michigan and other states, the usual fee that an attorney gets is 1/3 of the proceeds of the case. A case of medical malpractice is very expensive. The medical malpractice lawyer incurs considerable costs in order to take your case forward. Examples of these costs are obtaining your medical records and hiring one or more medical experts to examine the records, give his or her opinion about the case, and testify at the trial.

You will need to provide your medical malpractice attorney with information about your medical condition and the incident which resulted in your claim. This will enable the lawyer to assess your case as to whether you have a valid claim under the law for medical malpractice. In the event that the lawyer becomes certain that your case is valid and you can win, the medical malpractice lawyer and you will sign an attorney-client agreement.

Before a lawsuit is filed, the medical malpractice attorney should advice you that the process is expensive, complicated and time consuming. And you should understand that you should allot a lot of your time working with your attorney for a quick resolution of your case. Medical malpractice cases may take months or years to be resolved.

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