Medical Malpractice

Victims of medical malpractice deserve compensation

Perhaps no kind of case is more discussed or more vilified than medical malpractice claims. It is also the type of case about which there is the most misinformation – like the notion that all medical malpractice cases are “frivolous” lawsuits. The truth is that, according to a study conducted by two doctors and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, approximately 98,000 people die every year in this country due to the carelessness or incompetence of doctors. Further, under Missouri law, a medical malpractice case cannot even be filed unless a medical doctor is willing to swear under oath that the defendant did something improper and that his carelessness caused the injury or death of the patient.

Under the current climate of public perception, however, anyone who has been injured by the misconduct of a doctor starts at a great disadvantage to the defendant doctor and his insurance company. It takes an attorney experienced in dealing with the current public perceptions to overcome any biases a jury may begin with so that they can see what the defendant actually did and hold him accountable for his carelessness or incompetence.

Decades of experience handling malpractice claims

Additionally, medical malpractice cases require a level of familiarity and knowledge regarding the medical terms and conditioned involved in a particular case. An attorney representing a person injured by a doctor’s carelessness or incompetence must not only be able to understand the conditions and treatments himself, but also be able to distill highly technical and complex medical issues down to easily understood kernels of information that jurors who did not go to medical school and may only hear a few days of testimony regarding the issues can understand. If the jury cannot understand the medical issues, they will never be able to understand why the doctor was careless or incompetent.

At James Law Group, we have been helping patients who have been seriously injured by careless doctors for over 30 years. We have the experience and the tools to help a jury understand how the doctor was careless and how his actions injured you. If you or a loved one has been injured or killed by the carelessness of a doctor, contact us today to hold him accountable for his actions.