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Title: Facts About Medical Malpractice


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Medical Malpractice
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Medical malpractice happens when a Medical
Provider fails to accomplish his/her regular duty
of care. This imply that the Medical Provider
does not act as a sensible doctor would have done
in that circumstances.
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DID YOU KNOW?
52 of all emergency room medical malpractice
involved a diagnostic error.
93 of medical malpractice payouts are reached
through settlement.
Medical malpractice results in about 3.6 billion
each year.
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Who all commits medical malpractices?
  • Therapists
  • Surgeons
  • Nurses
  • Hospitals
  • Dentists

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Who all commits medical malpractices?
  • Technicians
  • Pharmacists
  • Emergency room staff
  • Doctors
  • Anesthesiologists

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Types of medical malpractices.
  • Surgical Errors
  • Birth injuries
  • Wrong treatment
  • Wrong prescriptions
  • Anesthesia mistakes
  • Failure to diagnose

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What all can you compensate?
  • Wrongful death
  • Medical Bills
  • Pain and suffering
  • Lost Earnings
  • Disfigurement
  • Loss of Consortium

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If you have been ill-treated in some way
because of medical carelessness, you can acquire
compensation for it. There are a lot of
procedures before getting the compensation. If
you want to report a medical malpractice lawsuit,
you definitely should know all its related
details. At this time you need a lawyer who
practices in medical cases. New Jersey Medical
Malpractice Lawyer firm is an experienced law
firm which deals with medical malpractice cases.

http//njmedicallawyer.com
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