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- When Do I need a Lawyer for My Medical Malpractice Case?
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- What Questions Do I Ask When Choosing a Lawyer?
- Meeting With Your Lawyer
- How Do Lawyers Determine the Value of My Case?
- How Do I Effectively Work With My Lawyer?
- What is the Attorney Client Privilege?
- What are the Ethical Rules for Lawyers?
- What is a Contingency Fee?
- When and How Do I Fire My Lawyer?
- Screening the case
- Recoverable Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases
- Fees and Costs in Medical Malpractice Cases
- The Legal Process
- Medical Review Panels
- Litigation, Trial and Appeal of Medical Malpractice Cases
- How Does My Case Proceed?
- What is Discovery
- What is Evidence?
- What Motions Are Filed in My Case?
- The Value and Settlement of My Case
- Will my Case Likely Settle?
- Do these Cases Often Settle?
- How Do Lawyers Determine the Value of My Case?
- Settlement Evaluations
- Physician's Consent to Settle the Case
- Reporting of Physician to National Databank
- How Do Insurance Adjusters Settle Cases?
- What is Mediation?
- How Do I Know If I Have a Good Settlement Offer?
- The Trial Of My Case
- How Does The Appeals Process Work?
- Does the Supreme Court Get to Hear My Case?
- Media & Press
- Verdicts and Settlements
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What is Evidence?
In this section, we will discuss evidence. There are many different kinds of evidence in a legal case. Medical malpractice cases in particular present alot of challenges in both gathering the evidence and presenting it before a medical review panel and/or at trial. Evidence is probably the single most important aspect of a medical malpractice case being brought on behalf of a patient. This is because as the person bringing the suit, (also known as the plaintiff), the patient has the burden of proving every single element of the case by a preponderance of the evidence. The defense does not have to prove anything and if the jury believes that the case is a tie, the plaintiff loses.
Experience in gathering and presenting evidence in a medical malpractice case may mean the difference in winning the case and losing the case.