One of the hardest things I have to do in my job is tell people that they don’t have a case. It’s not hard professionally because I always give honest answers. But it can be hard personally since it’s heart-breaking to hear someone’s story of pain and then let them know that that there’s nothing
Botched surgery cases are medical malpractice cases, which are personal injury cases against a health care provider. You are alleging that your doctor was negligent and caused you harm as a result. These cases involve more than an unfavorable outcome. They are cases where the doctor screwed up, making more than just an honest mistake.
Some medical negligence cases are obvious right away. If you go in to have your bad kidney removed and they accidentally take out the good one (that’s rare, but it’s happened), then there is no doubt that you have a case to pursue.
But more often than not, it’s not obvious that there is a
