Filing Texas Medical Malpractice Claims

San Antonio, TX Attorney Michael Grossman Discusses Medical Malpractice Claims

If you or someone in your family has suffered an injury due to a medical professional’s negligence, you may have considered filing a medical malpractice claim. Medical malpractice claims can be filed against virtually any healthcare provider, including doctors, surgeons, nurses, dentists, chiropractors, and psychiatrists.

Common types of medical mistakes include providing improper treatments, misdiagnosing or failing to diagnose an illness, prescribing the wrong drug or prescribing multiple drugs with adverse reactions, or surgical mistakes. Filing a medical malpractice claim is a complex process, but San Antonio medical malpractice attorney Michael Grossman has the experienced needed to help you get the compensation you deserve.

A successful medical malpractice claim has four broad elements:

• A legal duty of care: the healthcare professional must have had a legal duty of care towards the plaintiff, such as a doctor’s duty of care to act in the best interest of his or her patient
• A breach of that legal duty of care: whether or not a healthcare professional has breached a duty of care is determined by the standard of care set by other professionals in the defendant’s field
• The breach resulted in an injury: in other words, the medical professional’s breach of duty of care was the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injuries
• Damages: the plaintiff must have incurred some damages (either financial in the form of further medical bills, lost wages, lost earning capacity or in the form of emotional/physical suffering) due to the accident for which he or she deserves compensation

However, having a legitimate medical malpractice claim and actually seeking compensation are two different things. Medical malpractice lawsuits are some of the most complex personal injury suits in the legal world, and a non-attorney has almost no chance of success when representing him- or herself. But medical malpractice lawyer Michael Grossman has the experience needed to build a strong case.

In recent years, legislators have reformed medical malpractice law with the aim of making doctors and other medical professionals more resistant to lawsuits. Since the tort reform, medical professionals can only be held liable for a plaintiff’s injuries under very specific circumstances. Many medical malpractice claims actually meet these specifications in terms of the details of the incident, but when someone with extensive experiences tries to file the claim, he or she generally does not even know the specific standards exist. As such, his or her (potentially valid) medical malpractice claim is thrown out because it was not filed properly. Do not let this happen to you. Let our firm make sure your case is strong.

In light of this tort reform, many personal injury firms will not even accept medical malpractice claims – many attorneys are even having difficulty with them. But the legal professionals at Grossman Law Offices have twenty years of experience with medical malpractice claims, and we have helped hundreds of victims, both before and after the tort reform. We are intimately familiar with medical malpractice laws, and we have a successful track record with hundreds of high-profile cases. Insurance companies that provide insurance to healthcare providers know who we are, and they often agree to our settlement demands so that they do not have to face our lawyers in court. In other words, we can often secure our clients a fair settlement without even taking a case to trial. We are dedicated to making sure you receive the settlement you need to get back on your feet. So if you or someone you love has been hurt due to medical malpractice and you wish to file a medical malpractice claim, contact experienced San Antonio medical malpractice claim attorney Michael Grossman from Grossman Law Offices today. Do not let doctor negligence go unpunished. Let our firm help you get the compensation you need and the justice you deserve.