frapframe949
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY
I am a healthcare practitioner in the state of NY and have had claims filed against me by multiple patients. These claims have been going on for about four years so far and no progress has been made.
What really worries me is that the plaintiffs submitted bills of particulars that includes every single perceivable injury and a long list of actions they think I committed ( many of which are not true ), asks for millions of dollars to make the suits go away, and expert witnesses who are willing to say everything opposite in regards to the standards of care.
Now, in all honesty, I'm sure my own attorneys and expert witnesses will also make exaggerations to match the ante.
The judges and court staff do not know the plaintiffs and are obviously not knowledgeable about the practice of medicine. It's just the plaintiffs' words vs the defendants with no one to intervene as to who is telling the truth or not.
Really, how am I supposed to protect myself? Regardless of merits in a malpractice case, it seems as if plaintiffs definitely have the upper hand because they have nothing to lose and no one to screen their allegations. How can the plaintiffs really ever lose in cases like this? And why even bother to establish the standard of care? Is it true that medical defendants will at least have to pay something even if they were not negligent?
I am a healthcare practitioner in the state of NY and have had claims filed against me by multiple patients. These claims have been going on for about four years so far and no progress has been made.
What really worries me is that the plaintiffs submitted bills of particulars that includes every single perceivable injury and a long list of actions they think I committed ( many of which are not true ), asks for millions of dollars to make the suits go away, and expert witnesses who are willing to say everything opposite in regards to the standards of care.
Now, in all honesty, I'm sure my own attorneys and expert witnesses will also make exaggerations to match the ante.
The judges and court staff do not know the plaintiffs and are obviously not knowledgeable about the practice of medicine. It's just the plaintiffs' words vs the defendants with no one to intervene as to who is telling the truth or not.
Really, how am I supposed to protect myself? Regardless of merits in a malpractice case, it seems as if plaintiffs definitely have the upper hand because they have nothing to lose and no one to screen their allegations. How can the plaintiffs really ever lose in cases like this? And why even bother to establish the standard of care? Is it true that medical defendants will at least have to pay something even if they were not negligent?