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medical negligence claims case is argued, typically, with the following five points or arguments, presented below:
1. The defendant generally denied the major premise, ie, the essential fact that is medical negligence, and says: "We did not, but …"
2. As a second possibility, the lawyers for the defense, often taking the opportunity to express "Yes, we did, because it was an acceptable risk, affordable, but …."
What do you mean? That when there is no choice to take the evidence that basic fact, ie the act or omission causing the neglect, there has been, treated by the theory of risk control, reduce and mitigate any responsibility, as possible, to try to reduce the non-existence, if they can with the full battery of resources at their disposal.
3. "Yes, we did, and in principle there is no risk, the patient did not show any complication, but it is totally incomprehensible and unexpected, and was quite unpredictable, the outcome of the patient’s situation …."
4. "We did not, but even if he had done, the patient is helped to take the risk …"
5. It is extremely rare cases where the defendant admitted having caused the damage and its possible extension. Normally, not only did not admit to having done it and its consequences, but on the contrary, that the operation and medical action was absolutely correct and that everything described by the patient rubs the lie.
Obviously, this list is too simplistic, but it remains a showcase for guidance from the argument most frequently used to oppose in every situation of medical negligence compensation .
Take one example, reached the office of an attorney a claim that hernia surgery caused a perforation of the colon, the defendant’s defense, you can quickly oppose the following arguments:
That practice surgery was needed urgently
That a perforation risk is widely recognized in the medical procedure,
That there is no real damage,
That if such harm exists, is minimal
That the patient was caused to himself, his own problems because they moved during the operation or, alternatively, failed to follow doctor’s instructions before, during or after surgery.
You see, the arguments can be frivolous and have some depth. If you or one of your loved ones, I see involved in this kind of situation, medical negligence , will not let it go unpunished, by an argument as shown above, you should seek the services of an attorney skilled in the art , to help and advise you to get your best option.
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