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 quite meet the, the violation, you know, the or the lack of standard of care.
Mark Kaire – Medical Malpractice Attorney – Miami-Dade County, FL
It does, I think oftentimes, what happens is more so on the damages side, though, there will be a departure from the standard of care.
But either the departure was caught by a subsequent physician immediately, or the departure was caught by the offending doctor immediately. And they were able to rectify it without there being any permanent injury.
And I think that’s probably what we end up running into more often than it being a causation opinion or a causation issue. But yes, causation is also a big thing in medical malpractice.
But I think for people that are sometimes wanting to speak to a lawyer as to whether or not they have a medical malpractice claim or a family member has a medical malpractice claim… more often than not if we end up turning the case down.
It’s usually based upon that. And that’s the, yes there was a departure from the standard of care and yes, damages were caused by that departure, but the damages were thankfully not permanent and while we would love to represent you, there’s really nothing that we can do for you because thankfully your injury is really non-existent.
So, you went through some things, it was an inconvenience, but ultimately the damages aren’t there.
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