{"id":1110,"date":"2021-07-21T14:25:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T14:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/the-value-and-settlement-of-my-case\/"},"modified":"2021-08-23T19:24:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T19:24:46","slug":"the-value-and-settlement-of-my-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/the-value-and-settlement-of-my-case\/","title":{"rendered":"The Value and Settlement of My Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The value and settlement of a medical malpractice case can be difficult to determine. Their are so many factors that go in to making an accurate determination of what a judge or jury might award if the case goes to trial.&nbsp; Moreover, the case may have one value if it goes to trial and another value if it settles early on after a law suit has been filed.&nbsp; Defense costs, the costs of experts and the risk of developing adverse evidence in discovery all play in to the valuation process at various stages of the litigation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In most states, if a plaintiff wins the case, he is entitled to collect interest on the judgment from the time of the rendering of the judgment until paid.&nbsp; In some states, like Louisiana, if a plaintiff wins the case, he is entitled to receive interest on the judgment from the date the law suit (or medical review panel) was filed until it is paid.&nbsp; Since these cases can drag on for years, interest on a medical malpractice case in Louisiana can be substantial. &nbsp; Interest however, is not legally required to be paid if the case settles before trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medical malpractice lawyers evaluate medical malpractice cases different than many other types of personal injury cases.&nbsp; Generally, these cases are more expensive and have more risk involved as the trial approaches.&nbsp; Even on great cases, problems with the availability of testifying expert physicians can present challenges to the case.&nbsp; It does no good to have a great case, if the evidence cannot be conveyed to the judge or jury.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The value and settlement of a medical malpractice case can be difficult to determine. Their are so many factors that go in to making an accurate determination of what a judge or jury might award if the case goes to trial.&nbsp; Moreover, the case may have one value if it goes to trial and another [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-litigation-trial-and-appeal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2280,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions\/2280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}