{"id":217,"date":"2015-11-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/top-four-reasons-injured-patients-file-a-med-mal-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:20","slug":"top-four-reasons-injured-patients-file-a-med-mal-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/top-four-reasons-injured-patients-file-a-med-mal-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Four Reasons Injured Patients File A Med Mal Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Much is said and written regarding medical malpractice lawsuits. To some, medical malpractice lawsuits are hurting the practice of medicine in New York. These people often note that New York had the highest number of medical malpractice claims paid out in the U.S. over the last decade. To many others who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/medical-malpractice.html\">familiar with medical malpractice<\/a>\u00a0lawsuits, recent laws have made it more difficult than ever for legitimately injured patients to get legal and financial help with their recovery. They argue that the overall number of medical malpractice claims has decreased steadily over the last decade.<\/p>\n<p>For injured patients, however, the biggest concern is not the overall state of New York&#8217;s healthcare or insurance systems. The relationship between a doctor or surgeon and patient is an intimate, trusting one. And nothing is more important to patients than their health and the health of their families. Medical malpractice lawsuits are therefore very personal, and filed for very personal reasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, here are the top four reasons patients file medical malpractice lawsuits:<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/top-four-reasons-injured-patients-file-a-med-mal-lawsuit\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Top Four Reasons Injured Patients File A Med Mal Lawsuit\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much is said and written regarding medical malpractice lawsuits. To some, medical malpractice lawsuits are hurting the practice of medicine in New York. These people often note that New York had the highest number of medical malpractice claims paid out in the U.S. over the last decade. To many others who are familiar with medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice","tag-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Top Four Reasons Injured Patients File A Med Mal Lawsuit &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; November 22, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Top Four Reasons Injured Patients File A Med Mal Lawsuit - Medical Malpractice - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/top-four-reasons-injured-patients-file-a-med-mal-lawsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Top Four Reasons Injured Patients File A Med Mal Lawsuit &#8212; 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