Can both a hospital and doctor be sued in a malpractice case?

As a victim of medical malpractice and dependant on the specifics of your case, you may feasibly name a number of defendants when filing suit against negligent healthcare providers.  As a rule, claimants and their counsel do not wish to include any individual as a defendant unnecessarily, but keep in mind, that any individual physician, hospital personnel, or other party that contributed to your injuries should be named as a defendant to the lawsuit. 

Again, dependant on your specific case, this may include all attending physicians, surgeons, hospital personnel such as nurses, as well as the hospital itself.  Additional named defendants in medical malpractice suits in past have included other corporate healthcare elements involved in overseeing the care of patients while malpractice occurs, as well as medical device makers, prescription drug manufacturers, and any other external entity that contributed to or allowed your damages to occur.

Any named defendant in a medical malpractice lawsuit can include any healthcare provider.  According to the case of Columbia Medical Center of Las Colinas v. Bush in 2003, legal precedents have established that the term “healthcare provider” is a broad term entailing both physicians, as well as the non-physicians, including hospitals, clinics, and other forms of healthcare corporations and their employees.  As a victim of medical malpractice, consulting with an attorney is the only appropriate method of determining specifically what parties should be named as defendants in an impending suit. 

Consult with a medical malpractice attorney as soon as possible to receive more information specific to your case, as well as legal counsel on how to proceed in holding all responsible parties for your injuries accountable.