If a doctor acts negligently, is that a medical personal injury case?

In order to be a personal injury case, there must an injury to a person.  A doctor may act negligently but it is possible that no one is injured as a result of the negligent act, or no one is more injured than they would have been if the doctor had not been negligent. 

For example, if a doctor negligently fails to detect your high risk for a heart attack, but someone else detects the high risk before you have a heart attack, then the negligent act did not result in an injury and you cannot claim a personal injury. 

In order to bring a personal injury case, you have to prove the negligence is the cause of an injury and then you have to prove that you lost something of value due to the injury, such as lost work, or lost time with your family. 

Talk to a Medical Malpractice Attorney to find out if you have legal options to pursue a complaint for medical negligence.