You need Qualified Legal Representation for a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Take a look at your last health insurance statement and you’ll be able to see the amount of money that the medical industry has to play with. You, as an individual, do not have a prayer going up against funding like that unless you have a qualified legal representative with experience in medical malpractice cases. There is a long and tedious process involved when it comes to a lawsuit against a doctor or medical institution of any kind. For those without experience, it can also be extremely frustrating.
Our firm did not become one of the premier medical malpractice attorneys in New York by handling just a few cases. We have spent years defending those who have been hurt or neglected by their medical caretakers. Jeffrey J. Shapiro has been a personal injury attorney since 1979 and still fights just as passionately today as he did back then. He is a good example of the qualified legal representation we are talking about here. When you go into court, you can be certain the other side will have some of the top lawyers in the country on their side, so you’ll need to respond in kind.
As a personal injury law firm, our goal is to make sure that each and every client receives the compensation they are entitled to. In a medical malpractice case, the path to getting that compensation could be a bit rocky. At the beginning of each of these cases, we inform our clients that it will take some time and that they need to be as patient as possible. The first offer may sound good, particularly if there are outstanding bills that need to be paid, but the final offer will be much better. That’s where the experience of our attorneys is most valuable, knowing when to take what’s on the table.
Most doctor malpractice cases don’t end up at trial. As a responsible law firm, our goal is not to damage a doctor’s reputation, but to get the aggrieved party adequate compensation to pay medical bills and compensate for any decline in quality of life. We try to keep that process as impersonal as possible. Mistakes must be paid for, but in most cases they are just that, human mistakes. We’re not out to “punish” anyone, but simply to get our clients what they are entitled to.