The Michigan car accident lawyers at our firm frequently represent clients who are injured in rear end car accidents. The injuries from these accidents are often significant, even if the vehicles do not have major damage. This is often because the force of the accident is absorbed by the bumpers on the vehicle, but the passengers in the vehicles also absorb significant force and shock. We have had many clients who have suffered herniated discs in their back and neck and torn rotator cuff injuries in rear end car accidents, even though the vehicle did not require major repairs. A driver who rear ends another driver is almost always negligent under Michigan law.
The best way to find the best Michigan medical malpractice lawyer is to know what to look for. It is also important to know what to avoid. If you are thinking about hiring a lawyer to handle your medical malpractice case, here are some important questions to ask.
If a lawyer is unable to answer these questions, he or she is probably not the lawyer for you!
It is also important not to pick a lawyer because that lawyer has spent a lot of money on ads in the Yellow Pages or on a TV commercial.
When a lawyer spends a lot on advertising, it is sometimes because he does not get good referrals from his past clients or from other lawyers. Part of that reason may be the ads or commercials themselves: when an ad is successful it can generate a lot of business for a lawyer. If he does not have the resources to handle all of these cases, it will be easy for one case to slip through the cracks. You do not want this case to be yours!
It is also important not to unreasonably restrict the geographic scope of your search. There are only a handful of attorneys who specialize in medical malpractice in the entire state of Michigan. You want one of these attorneys working on your case, not the attorney whose office is closest to your home. An attorney's license is issued by the State and good throughout the State. The Michigan medical malpractice lawyers at Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. handle medical malpractice cases throughout the state of Michigan.
You should also consider asking each of the attorneys you are thinking of hiring about the other attorneys you are considering. Attorneys who are at the top of the profession have plenty of cases and do not need to disparage other attorneys. If a lawyer says nothing but bad things about all the attorneys you are considering, that may be a sign he or she is desperate for cases. On the other hand, if several attorneys say generally say good things about the others but they say the same bad thing about one attorney, that may be a sign that the one attorney is not someone you want to hire.
The bottom line is that the best attorney to hire is someone who has the knowledge, experience, and ability to represent you before a judge and jury. If an attorney can't prove to you that he deserves your case, how can he prove your case in court?
The Michigan medical malpractice lawyers at Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. have recently added several articles about child injuries and childhood illnesses to their online library. Simply click on the title of each article to learn more about the following injuries and illnesses and what legal claims may arise from them.
For more information about Michigan medical malpractice cases, visit our law firm web site at http://www.buckfirelaw.com. If you would like to speak with one of our Michigan medical malpractice attorneys about your case, feel free to call us anytime at (800) 606-1717 or simply submit this contact form and we will get back to you quickly.
In a recent edition of Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatricians, an article was published on "Medical Diagnoses Commonly Associated with Pediatric Malpractice Lawsuits in the United States." The article describes the most common lawsuits involving pediatricians in the US. You can read it by clicking on the article's title.
The authors note that, despite unprecedented changes in law termed "tort reform", which is designed to make it more difficult to win lawsuits, a settlement or jury verdict was still paid out in over one-quarter of cases filed. They also noted that tort reform has been successful in its goals of reducing the number of lawsuits filed and reducing the number of lawsuits that are successful. All this means that there are a very large number of pediatricians committing medical malpractice and that, even despite the changes in the laws, there are a large number of people collecting awards for the doctor's negligence.
The authors state that pediatricians as a group spend among the highest amount defending malpractice lawsuits out of any specialty of doctors. The article then goes on to describe the following childhood illnesses, which are commonly misdiagnosed:
The authors also note that pediatricians practicing in emergency settings also commonly face lawsuits for their negligence during an emergency. They recommend being cognizant of the emergency to avoid making matters worse for the patient.
The article concludes by recommending several easy-to-implement general risk management techniques to decrease the possibility of malpractice. I encourage everyone to familiarize themselves with the diseases that commonly give rise to medical malpractice lawsuits. I also encourage parents to watch for these risk-management techniques and only see doctors who implement them.
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