"More than 450 attorneys were surveyed for the Emory study, “Uncovering the Silent Victims of the American Medical Liability System[11],” which found that three out of four medical malpractice attorneys reject more than 90 percent of the cases they screen [12]. The study found:
- About 95 percent of patients who are harmed [13] will find it extremely difficult to get representation.
- Almost no attorney will take a case, even when the chance of winning is 95 percent, if the damages are less than $50,000 [14].
- More than half refuse any case, no matter the likelihood of winning, if the damages are less than $250,000 [15].
The study recommended reforming the system by increasing funding for legal services [16], so attorneys could be compensated for their time; making defendants who lose a case pay the plaintiff’s attorney fees [17]; or sending malpractice complaints to an administrative system [18] with neutral adjudicators and medical experts so patients wouldn’t need an attorney."
The simple reality is that we have to devote tens of thousands of dollars and sometimes thousands of hours on each medical or legal malpractice case we take on. We are committed to the cases we take. We spend the money and we spend the time. Unfortunately that means we cant take on many of the cases that come to our attention. Call us. Maybe your case will be one we will take on.
The simple reality is that we have to devote tens of thousands of dollars and sometimes thousands of hours on each medical or legal malpractice case we take on. We are committed to the cases we take. We spend the money and we spend the time. Unfortunately that means we cant take on many of the cases that come to our attention. Call us. Maybe your case will be one we will take on.
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