If a patient goes to a doctor and the result is unfortunate, are these easy cases for a medical malpractice lawyer to win?
No. Medical malpractice cases are among the most complex and difficult personal injury cases for a victim or victim’s attorney to win. To successfully bring a malpractice case to trial, expert testimony is necessary to describe in detail what was done wrong and how it could have and should have been avoided. Good, reliable experts are expensive, and great lengths must be taken to find doctors or experts willing and available to testify. Often, doctors within a community refuse to testify against one of their own colleagues, and doctors from other regions must be brought in to testify. In many ways, the law recognizes the practice of medicine more as an art than a science. Physicians are given considerable latitude insofar as treating patients.
