{"id":239,"date":"2015-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/should-i-seek-recovery-from-medical-error-in-malpractice-litigation\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:22","slug":"should-i-seek-recovery-from-medical-error-in-malpractice-litigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/should-i-seek-recovery-from-medical-error-in-malpractice-litigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I seek recovery from medical error in malpractice litigation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent article in Becker\u2019s ASC Review took a look at a number of interesting facts surrounding medical malpractice litigation, including statistics on the incidence of medical malpractice claims, average payouts, which specialists are most at risk for litigation, and inconsistencies in settlement agreements.<\/p>\n<p>One point in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beckersasc.com\/asc-turnarounds-ideas-to-improve-performance\/10-things-to-know-about-medical-malpractice.html\" target=\"_blank\">the article<\/a> particularly caught our eye, and that was a reference to a 2003 article published in <em>BUMC Proceedings<\/em> looking at the most common reasons patients file medical malpractice lawsuits. According to that article, the top four motives for filing medical malpractice suits are: to prevent a something similar from happening again; to obtain an explanation of how the injury occurred; to gain financial compensation; and to hold a negligent physician accountable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although the reasons for pursuing medical litigation largely break down to these four basic motives, there are a variety of specific reasons why an injured patient might do so. Having a good reason to pursue such litigation is not enough, though. One must also have a strong case and that is likely to result in a payout that outweighs the costs of pursuing litigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/should-i-seek-recovery-from-medical-error-in-malpractice-litigation\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Should I seek recovery from medical error in malpractice litigation?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent article in Becker\u2019s ASC Review took a look at a number of interesting facts surrounding medical malpractice litigation, including statistics on the incidence of medical malpractice claims, average payouts, which specialists are most at risk for litigation, and inconsistencies in settlement agreements. One point in the article particularly caught our eye, and that [&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-239","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>Should I seek recovery from medical error in malpractice litigation? &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; October 16, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Should I seek recovery from medical error in malpractice litigation? - 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\/should-i-seek-recovery-from-medical-error-in-malpractice-litigation\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Should I seek recovery from medical error in malpractice litigation? 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