How much money can I expect from a medical malpractice complaint?

It really depends on the extent of the damages, both physical and economic. On average, the typical medical malpractice case will settle for around $450,000. In order to find out how much you should demand, you need to be able to quantify all the losses that you and your wife have suffered.

For example, you mentioned medical bills and lost income. Those are two damages that are relatively easy to calculate, because you simply tally up all the medical bills and the amount of money that your wife would have earned if she hadn't been treated negligently.

The harder part to calculate is the amount of money that this will end up costing you down the road. You and your wife are entitled to receive money for all potential future medical expenses associated with her illness, as well as income that she will miss out on in the future due to her illness.

Additionally, and usually most importantly from an economic standpoint, is how much to demand for the physical and emotional suffering caused by the medical malpractice. In most cases of medical negligence, pain and suffering accounts for the largest part of the award or settlement amount. It's difficult to put a number on pain and suffering, but many times it is in the six figures.

Some states have placed caps on these "non-economic" damages of between $250,000 and $750,000 depending on the state in which the incident occurred. Other state have no cap at all.

Talk to a Medical Malpractice Lawyer to find out if you have a good case, and how much money you should expect to receive for the negligence.

Good luck.