Everyone at the personal injury law firm of Allen Law Group believes that you should be able to trust your doctor – and any other health care provider treating you or your loved one. However, it’s not a perfect world and medical mistakes happen every day – and sometimes, their victims are seriously injured and even die as a result.
More People Die Each Year from Medical Errors than from AIDs, Breast Cancer, or Car Wrecks
It’s a frightening but true statistic that the number of people that die every year because of medical malpractice is higher than those who die from AIDS, breast cancer, or car crashes.
What is happening? Here are some common examples of medical error, or malpractice: failure to diagnose, failure to properly treat, making an incorrect diagnosis, failure to order necessary tests or properly evaluate test results, failure to monitor the patient’s condition, failing to prescribe the right drugs or the right dosage, and surgery mistakes.
Have You or a Loved One is a Victim of Medical Malpractice
Sad but true, your family cannot rely upon the health care professionals (nurses, aides, techs, doctors, hospital administration, etc.) to tell you that a mistake has been made. Your doctor will not tell you he’s made an error. The only way that your family will learn of medical malpractice is by your own investigation — that’s where an experienced medical malpractice attorney can be of great help.
Medical Malpractice Lawyer In Valparaiso Indiana
Having a knowledgeable and experienced medical malpractice attorney to gather the facts and review your case and then help you pursue your medical malpractice claim is especially important in this complex area of the law.
Therefore, each medical malpractice case Allen Law Group handles has been carefully screened before the client and the injury attorney make their joint commitment to make a claim or file suit. The medical malpractice lawyers at Allen Law Group zealously pursue these cases, ready to take each one to a jury if necessary.
If cases go to trial, juries are provided with a physician specializing in rehabilitative medicine who gives expert testimony, mapping out a “life care plan” that shows the victim’s needs in terms of dollars and cents, taking into account medical inflation and quality of life. It’s just one example of the aggressive representation in medical malpractice cases that Allen Law Group is known for.
Deadline For Medical Malpractice Damages
Due to tort reform, state laws have been passed to deal with medical errors and to protect victims and their families when there has been a failure of a physician or doctor (or other health care professional) to do their job properly. Indiana and Illinois laws are not the same.
In Indiana, all claims for medical malpractice must first be submitted to a medical malpractice review by a panel of three practicing health-care providers. There are also limits on the recoverable money damages. The Indiana medical malpractice process essentially doubles the cost, and the time it takes, for resolving malpractice claims. Additionally, damages are capped at $1.25 Million – no matter how grievous the harm.
In Illinois, there are no caps or limitations on damages and many of the other tort reform changes proposed to the medical malpractice laws have been ruled unconstitutional. However, like Indiana’s panel review procedure, Illinois malpractice claims must first be approved by a health care provider who must sign a certificate that the case has merit before it can be filed.