Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media It really seems like it’s subjective. And so, who makes the decision of it has reached the level of medical malpractice? Because it sounds to me, just in this short discussion here, it’s very subjective. Mark Kaire – Medical Malpractice Attorney – Miami-Dade County, FL For purposes of starting […]
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media You touched an issue that I was about to ask. How does legal fees, your legal fees as an attorney, come into play in medical malpractice? Mark Kaire – Medical Malpractice Attorney – Miami-Dade County, FL It’s the same as any other personal injury case. We are entitled to
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Well, you bring up a word that I was literally about to ask you, that old phrase, you know, correlation does not equal causation. Do you find that a lot of people who approach your office, they don’t, their situation doesn’t meet that causation level, it’s, you know, doesn’t
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media How are damages assessed in a medical malpractice suit? Is it the same as a personal injury suit that originated from other injuries? You know, car, slip and fall, etc, etc. Okay. Mark Kaire – Medical Malpractice Attorney – Miami-Dade County, FL So past, current, and future pain and
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Is.. obviously, medical malpractice is underneath the umbrella of personal injury. Is it just like any other personal injury, a car accident, slip and fall, etc., etc., such as statute of limitations, court, you know, procedures, is it the same? Mark Kaire – Medical Malpractice Attorney – Miami-Dade County,
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media You mentioned earlier, and it’s a phrase the layman probably doesn’t understand, in terms of the medical profession, and that’s standard of care. You mentioned that that’s the line that has to be broached before a medical malpractice situation arises. Can you explain a little bit more about that
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media It seems that you would have a smaller number of cases settling because of that criteria. Because in a normal person or injury case, well, in any civil case, there’s only about 7% or so of the cases that are filed in the court system that go to trial.
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Well, are the standards different between different types of different participants in the medical profession? Let’s say anesthesiologist or a surgeon or a diagnosis, an oncologist, are there different standards? Mark Kaire – Medical Malpractice Attorney – Miami-Dade County, FL So, the standards are always going to be the
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media One of the interesting things in preparation for this interview, one of the things that I’ve noticed, it seems like the doctors have a larger role in the litigation for a medical malpractice suit versus a normal… versus another type of personal injury claim where the insurance company may
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Hi, today we’re sitting with Mark Kaire, an attorney in Dade County, Florida, and that practices as far up as Tampa Bay and as south as Key West. And today we’re talking to him about medical malpractice. It’s often a very misunderstood segment of the law. So let’s get
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