What are some of the typical “costs” involved in medical malpractice cases?
Probably the largest cost is for expert witnesses. In the vast majority of malpractice cases, your lawyer will need to hire one or more (typically more) expert witnesses. Experts typically charge hundreds of dollars an hour for their services. Other “typical” costs are items such as filing fees, deposition costs, travel expenses, long distance charges, transcript charges, copying charges and the like. The number of experts needed, depositions costs, etc. can be and often are related to the complexity of your case. You should discuss this with the lawyer with whom you meet so that you have some rough idea of what the costs might be in your case if your claim is found to be meritorious.
