Malpractice is an incident that affects everyone involved. The victim receives inadequate, unprofessional, or even potentially dangerous care. The practitioner could possibly lose their license because of their actions. Your family suffers because of the medical expenses and recovery time required to heal your injuries. Do not let medical malpractice take over your life. If this unfortunate case of negligence on a medical professional’s part is the cause of an injury or pain and suffering, please contact the experts at Portland Personal Injury Attorneys and let them direct you to a lawyer that specializes in the field of malpractice cases. From there, they will fight for you to receive the rightful compensation you deserve for your troubles and the effects this sometimes catastrophic incident can have on your life.
What is Malpractice?
Medical malpractice is professional negligence by act or omission by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient, with most cases involving medical error. The key here is the standard of care. This is the generally accepted method or methods used by other medical professionals in the area to treat or care for patients under the same or similar circumstances.
A Lawyers Responsibility
If you can prove your doctor didn’t follow or “breached” the standard of care for your particular medical problem, you’ve made a big first step in making a good medical malpractice claim. Otherwise, if you are convinced the fault falls on the practitioner, contact Portland Personal Injury Attorneys immediately. We will refer you to a professional that is any expert in this area. Their sole duty will be to help you receive the fair compensation you deserve for many things, including:
- Pain and suffering
- Reconstructive surgery
- Loss of wages due to missed work
- Grief and anguish
Don’t let an injury due to medical malpractice ruin your life. While the damage done may take time to heal, a professional attorney can help relieve some of the stress due to the incident, and help you acquire the fair compensation you deserve.
Quick Statistics
- According to numerous reputable sources, the majority of medical malpractice cases involve women as the victims.
- Looking at all paid medical malpractice claims (i.e. through settlement agreement or jury award) from 2005 to 2009, a study that appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that the average compensation for medical malpractice that occurred in the inpatient setting was around $363,000, while the average award for healthcare mistakes in the outpatient setting was about $290,000.
A Final Word
If the information above wasn’t clear enough, let us rephrase it. If you or a loved one was the victim of a medical malpractice incident, under Oregon law, you are legally allowed to pursue compensation for the pain, suffering, expenses and loss of quality of life that you and your family endured because of it.