{"id":943,"date":"2022-02-01T20:34:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T20:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/chicago\/?post_type=practice_areas&#038;p=943"},"modified":"2024-05-17T13:09:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T13:09:45","slug":"medical-malpractice","status":"publish","type":"practice_areas","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/chicago\/practice-areas\/medical-malpractice\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Malpractice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medical Errors Kill Approximately 100,000 People Each Year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hospitals are supposed to be places of healing. They\u2019re where you go when you\u2019re hurt or sick and you need the aid of well-educated, highly trained professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>According to the Institute of Medicine each year nearly 100,000 people die from medical mistakes, yet fewer than 10% of all acts of medical malpractice result in a claim against the doctor or hospital.<\/li><li>However, not every bad outcome that a patient experiences is a result of medical malpractice.&nbsp; Bad outcomes are often caused by recognized complications that are not considered malpractice. How are you supposed to know the difference between medical malpractice and a recognized complication?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medical Malpractice Laws are Designed to Protect Doctors and Hospitals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Many states place caps on the damages that victims of medical malpractice can recover when those same damages are not capped for other types of personal injuries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Medical malpractice laws require that the patient prove that he\/she suffered medical malpractice with expert medical testimony.<\/li><li>Medical experts are extremely expensive to hire and often difficult to persuade to testify against another health care provider.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Once you bring a case, most doctors and hospitals will not readily settle.&nbsp; They often bring the case to trial.&nbsp; Last year, of all the medical malpractice cases that were brought to trial, 2\/3 of them were won by the doctor or hospital.<\/li><li>These cases are difficult, expensive, and require particular expertise to handle.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We Can Help<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>All of our medical malpractice attorneys have the experience and expertise to help you screen and prosecute your medical malpractice case. And we often bring a team of experienced medical malpractice attorneys from several different office locations to handle our cases at no additional charge to our clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our case review gives our potential clients a free resource to have our medical experts and experienced medical malpractice attorneys review your claim to determine if medical malpractice occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cochran Firm Chicago has the resources to access and hire top medical experts in any field of medicine to help prove your case.&nbsp; Many of our offices have in-house nurses and physicians that help us research difficult medical issues and provide screening in complicated cases.&nbsp; Let our experienced medical malpractice team review your case today.&nbsp; As with all of our reviews, it costs you nothing.&nbsp; And if we take your case, we do not charge a fee unless a recovery is obtained on your behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our results with medical malpractice cases speak for themselves.&nbsp; Our attorneys have procured hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of the injured patients we have represented.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve suffered a devastating personal injury as a result of a medical professional\u2019s error, you should speak to our medical malpractice attorneys immediately. Please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cochranfirmchicago.courtneysimone.com\/contact\/\">contact The Cochran Firm<\/a>&nbsp;today for a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1212,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-943","practice_areas","type-practice_areas","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_areas\/943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_areas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/practice_areas"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}