tranquility
Senior Member
In a couple of articles at:
http://www.propublica.org/article/patient-harm-when-an-attorney-wont-take-your-case
http://www.propublica.org/article/ten-patient-stories-when-attorneys-refused-my-medical-malpractice-case
there are surveys and examples of how money influences the way lawyers take medical malpractice cases. The economics are clear and are not surprising. One attorney survey that really points out the issue:
http://www.propublica.org/article/patient-harm-when-an-attorney-wont-take-your-case
http://www.propublica.org/article/ten-patient-stories-when-attorneys-refused-my-medical-malpractice-case
there are surveys and examples of how money influences the way lawyers take medical malpractice cases. The economics are clear and are not surprising. One attorney survey that really points out the issue:
More than 450 attorneys were surveyed for the Emory study, “Uncovering the Silent Victims of the American Medical Liability System,” which found that three out of four medical malpractice attorneys reject more than 90 percent of the cases they screen. The study found:
--About 95 percent of patients who are harmed will find it extremely difficult to get representation.
--Almost no attorney will take a case, even when the chance of winning is 95 percent, if the damages are less than $50,000.
--More than half refuse any case, no matter the likelihood of winning, if the damages are less than $250,000.