If my physician makes a mistake while treating me in a hospital, can I sue the healthcare facility?
Can I sue hospital if doctor makes mistake while treating me?
Can I sue hospital if doctor makes mistake while treating me?
Chesapeake, Virginia medical malpractice attorney Rick Shapiro talks about surgical error medical negligence cases.
There are no guaranties about medical outcomes in any surgery or treatment provided to a patient. The question of whether there is medical malpractice is ultimately determined through evaluation by similar physicians or health care providers in the field at question. In other words, if you believe there was medical malpractice during an open heart surgery, a thoracic surgeon would give an opinion as to whether the actions of the surgeon who performed that surgery were appropriate.
Damages in misdiagnosis/missed diagnosis cases are often hard to prove with certainty because neither the judge, the jury nor the lawyers know what the future will hold for you or your loved one. Again, expert testimony will give the jury the best educated projection of quality of life and duration of life once the patient has been diagnosed with the cancer in question.
If a patient signs a consent form prior to a medical procedure that resulted in medical injuries, can they still recover damages in a malpractice lawsuit?