What is the Hardest Element to Prove in a Medical Malpractice Case?
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What is the Hardest Element to Prove in a Medical Malpractice Case?
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What is the Hardest Element to Prove in a Medical Malpractice Case?
Any medical malpractice case must prove four things in order to be successful: 1. a professional duty owed to the patient; 2. breach of such duty; 3. injury caused by the breach; and 4. resulting damages.
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What is the Hardest Element to Prove in a Medical Malpractice Case?
Any medical malpractice case must prove four things in order to be successful: 1. a professional duty owed to the patient; 2. breach of such duty; 3. injury caused by the breach; and 4. resulting damages.
What is the Hardest Element to Prove in a Medical Malpractice Case? Medical Malpractice lawyers: Jeffrey Pribanic, Ernest Pribanic and Victor Pribanic (left to right): call today for free a legal consultation 800-392-4529.
Of these four criteria, causation, or proving that a doctor’s or medical professional’s actions caused the harm or injury the patient has experienced, is often the hardest to demonstrate in court.
Patients must be able to show that if not for the medical professional’s negligent actions, their injury or suffering would not have occurred.
Injury and illness can have a myriad of underlying causes, and being able to determine beyond a doubt that it was a result of negligence can be challenging. There are two principles lawyers use, however, to help prove causation: Actual Cause and Proximate Cause.
Actual Cause essentially seeks to answer the question, “Did the negligent action actually cause the harm?” This might seem obvious and in some cases it is; in other cases, however, this can be trickier to answer.
Proximate Cause deals with foreseeability, a legal concept implying that it is not fair or right to hold someone responsible for non-foreseeable harm. In some cases, certain negligent actions might lead to other unforeseeable consequences. In these cases, courts may only hold the negligent party liable for those consequences that were foreseeable from their actions.
Clearly, proving causation can be tricky. This is where an experienced legal team can help you and your case immensely.
If you feel that you were put at risk due to medical malpractice, call Pribanic & Pribanic today. We are dedicated to helping those injured due to medical negligence and we will help you recover the damages you deserve.
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“What should I do if I experience health problems?”
First, seek medical treatment if you are developing health symptoms. Second, consider getting a baseline of your entire health, like blood tests and organ function, in case anything changes. And there are other steps you can take to improve your chances of securing compensation, like preserving evidence. Take photographs or videos of anything involved that you think led to your injury.
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