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작성자 Alejandro
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Attorneys have a fiduciary responsibilities to their clients, and they must act with diligence, skill and care. Attorneys make mistakes, as do other professional.

Not every mistake made by an attorney constitutes legal malpractice. To prove legal malpractice, an aggrieved person must demonstrate obligation, breach, causation and damages. Let's review each of these elements.

Duty-Free

Medical professionals and doctors swear to use their training and expertise to treat patients and not to cause harm to others. A patient's legal right to receive compensation for injuries resulting from medical malpractice is based on the concept of duty of care. Your lawyer can assist you determine if your doctor's actions violated this duty of care, and if these breaches caused injuries or illness to you.

To establish a duty of care, your lawyer needs to prove that a medical professional had a legal relationship with you that had a fiduciary obligation to act with an acceptable level of competence and care. This can be proved by eyewitness testimony of witnesses, doctor-patient reports and expert testimony from doctors with similar education, experience, and training.

Your lawyer must also demonstrate that the medical professional violated their duty of care by failing to adhere to the accepted standards of care in their field. This is typically called negligence. Your lawyer will assess the actions of the defendant to what a reasonable individual would do in the same situation.

Finally, your lawyer must prove that the defendant's lapse of duty directly caused damage or loss to you. This is referred to as causation. Your lawyer will make use of evidence like your medical or patient reports, witness testimony and expert testimony, to demonstrate that the defendant's failure meet the standards of care was the primary cause of the injury or loss to you.

Breach

A doctor is obligated to patients to perform duties of care that reflect professional standards in medical practice. If a doctor does not meet these standards, and the failure results in an injury, then medical malpractice or negligence could result. Expert witness testimony from medical professionals that have the same training, certifications, skills and experience can help determine the quality of care in a particular situation. State and federal laws, as well as institute policies, define what doctors are required to do for certain kinds of patients.

To prevail in a malpractice lawsuit it must be proved that the doctor acted in violation of his or her duty of care and that the violation was the direct cause of an injury. This is referred to in legal terms as the causation factor and it is essential that it be established. For instance in the event that a damaged arm requires an x-ray, the doctor has to properly set the arm and then place it in a cast for proper healing. If the doctor fails to perform this, and the patient is left with a permanent loss of use of the arm, malpractice may have taken place.

Causation

Legal malpractice claims are built on the basis of evidence that a lawyer made mistakes that resulted in financial losses for the client. For instance, if a lawyer does not file a lawsuit within the prescribed time of limitations, which results in the case being lost for ever the party who suffered damages can bring legal malpractice actions.

However, it's important to recognize that not all errors made by lawyers are a sign of illegal. Strategies and planning mistakes aren't usually considered to be a sign of malpractice. Attorneys have a broad decision-making discretion to make decisions, as long as they're able to make them in a reasonable manner.

The law also gives attorneys a wide range of options to refuse to conduct discovery on behalf of the behalf of clients, so in the event that it is not unreasonable or negligent. Failing to discover important facts or documents, such as medical reports or statements of witnesses, is a potential example of legal malpractice. Other examples of malpractice are a inability to include certain claims or defendants such as omitting to file a survival count in a wrongful death case or the continual and long-running failure to contact the client.

It is also important to remember the fact that the plaintiff has to prove that if not for the lawyer's careless conduct, they could have won their case. Otherwise, the plaintiff's claim for malpractice will be rejected. This requirement makes bringing legal malpractice claims difficult. For this reason, it's important to find an experienced attorney to represent you.

Damages

To win a legal malpractice suit, a plaintiff must demonstrate actual financial losses resulting from the actions of an attorney. In the case of a lawsuit this has to be demonstrated using evidence, such as expert testimony and correspondence between the client and attorney. A plaintiff must also demonstrate that a reasonable attorney would have prevented the damage caused by the lawyer's negligence. This is called proximate causation.

Malpractice can occur in many different ways. Some of the more common types of malpractice include the failure to adhere to a deadline, which includes a statute of limitations, a failure to perform a conflict check or any other due diligence on the case, not applying the law to the client's situation, breaching a fiduciary duty (i.e. commingling trust account funds with personal attorney accounts) or mishandling a case, and failing to communicate with clients.

In the majority of medical malpractice cases the plaintiff is seeking compensatory damages. These compensate the victim for expenses out of pocket and losses, like medical and hospital bills, costs of equipment that aids in recovery, and loss of wages. Victims can also seek non-economic damages like pain and discomfort as well as loss of enjoyment from their lives, as well as emotional suffering.

Legal malpractice cases typically include claims for compensatory and punitive damages. The first is meant to compensate the victim for losses due to the negligence of the attorney while the latter is designed to discourage future malpractice by the defendant's side.

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