Saturday, November 28, 2009

Have You Been Injured Due To Medical Malpractice? Are You In Need Of A Lawsuit Loan? (Part 1)

By Dr. Tom Rhudy

Medical malpractice is responsible for many injuries sustained each year. Additionally, many deaths are attributed medical malpractice annually. These cases are often very expensive to bring against the providers and/or institutions responsible for the malpractice. Therefore, it is necessary, in many instances, to obtain a lawsuit loan to allow the plaintiff to successfully bring such an action.

It is often thought that most medical providers carry malpractice insurance. In fact, many states require physicians and/or surgeons to carry medical malpractice insurance. Unfortunately, many physicians and/or surgeons refuse to carry such insurance, thinking that, in many cases, they will be shielded from having to deal with medical malpractice.

If you are injured as a result of medical malpractice, you must bear in mind that most states have a relatively short period of time during which such a claim may be brought. There are a whole host of reasons for this relatively short period of time. However, irrespective of the causes, it will be very important to you to gather the requisite information as quickly as possible. In many cases, you will encounter a great deal of opposition from the facility at which the malpractice occurred. (It will certainly be in your best interest to retain an attorney specializing in medical malpractice cases.)

A medical malpractice case is not a case in which you would want to retain an attorney who has no expertise in this particular area. Many insurance carriers hotly contest such claims. Additionally, it is often necessary to deal with adversarial elements in hospitals and/or clinics at which the services may have been performed and at which the medical malpractice occurred.

Simply sustaining an injury as a result of medical procedures is not sufficient to justify bringing a medical malpractice claim. It is essential that you be able to demonstrate that the injury arose as a direct result of the physician's and/or surgeon's negligence. To make this determination, it will be necessary to retain a medical expert. To retain a medical expert, it will be necessary, in most instances, to pay that medical expert a retainer-fee. Thus, a lawsuit loan is often beneficial in this aspect of your case.

Another reason that it is necessary for you to retain an attorney who has experience in the area of medical malpractice is the fact that the medical records are intended for their physicians, not lay individuals, to interpret. (The records will ultimately need to be interpreted by an expert in the particular area out of which the malpractice occurred.)


We will identify specific elements that must be addressed when you pursue a medical malpractice claim in Part II. We will also identify requisite elements that will assist you in obtaining that much-needed lawsuit loan. - 29904

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