What legal rights do we have to get compensation for a doctor’s malpractice?
What legal rights do we have to get compensation for a doctors malpractice?
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If a doctor breaches his professional duty to you as a patient, you may have a right to compensation under medical malpractice. There are economic losses such as the cost of medical care as a result of the injury, the cost of missed time from work, or the cost of replacement services (i.e. a housecleaner or cook hired while you were injured). There are also non-economic losses such as the loss of playing a sport, or companionship, or pain and suffering.
Laws vary in medical malpractice from state to state and some states put limits on the noneconomic losses for which you can be compensated. Some states also allow the legal right for punitive damages which is money awarded to an injured person to punish the person who caused the harm and to send a message to others to be more careful in the future.
Talk to a Medical Malpractice Lawyer to get legal advice regarding your situation and find out what options you have to get compensation.
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Posted by Christine Callahan on 14 Jun 2010