OB/GYN Malpractice Attorney - In DC?

[Anonymous]

Lost the ability to have children due to a botched medical procedure, almost died, and endured years of pain and suffering. This is truly a clear case of a Doctor having made poor decisions repeatedly in my case. That stated, I really don't want to go to court. Recommend someone who can get me a good settlement out of court?

[Anonymous]

Bumping. Anyone? I'll take any malpractice attorney suggestions, against info toward settlement.

[Anonymous]

If you have endured "years" of pain you are likely outside of the statute of limitations.

[Anonymous]

Incident occurred late 2012. What's the statute?

[Anonymous]

I think it's 3 years but I am not licensed in DC. You would have to file suit by whatever date is three years from your injury.

[Anonymous]

So, I'm cutting it close. I'm honestly very torn about this, there are numerous reasons I didn't want to file at the time of injury, and then as time has worn on and I find myself very hurt and angry, I've decided I'm due some sort of compensation.

What will it do to her (financially, and from a career-perspective) if I file suit?

[Anonymous]

It does appear that medical malpractice is 3 years. I don't want some ambulance chaser here. I just want to be fair, is that an unrealistic ask when we're talking about personal injury lawyers?

[Anonymous]

Cochran Firm

[Anonymous]

may i ask what happened?

[Anonymous]

Statute of limitations varies by jurisdiction, so, OP, the answer depends on where you got your treatment.

[Anonymous]

My favorite part is how you're disparaging "ambulance chasers" while begging us to tell you which one to use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, I'm cutting it close. I'm honestly very torn about this, there are numerous reasons I didn't want to file at the time of injury, and then as time has worn on and I find myself very hurt and angry, I've decided I'm due some sort of compensation.

What will it do to her (financially, and from a career-perspective) if I file suit?

If you are in VA, you may be past the SOL. It's three years in DC and MD, but typically shorter in VA. As to what will filing a lawsuit do? Absolutely nothing. Now, if there is an actual finding against your provider, it may get reported publicly and it may have an effect on the cost of her insurance or her ability to get insurance. But, there also might not be any effect at all. In order for there to be discipline against a provider, there usually has to be a pattern of conduct, not an isolated incident. Also, a botched medical procedure does not automatically mean that there was malpractice. Sometimes bad outcomes happen without fault of the provider.

Suing is all consuming and very difficult. You will be opening your medical history and you will be spending a lot of time and energy on it. It will take a toll on you. But, you should definitely consult an attorney before your time runs out because you will always wonder if you had a case. It will be hard to live with what happened if you don't at least look into legal action.

I am out of touch with the current medical malpractice people, but the Cochran firm and Jack Oleander are good options.

[Anonymous]

There's an attorney named Karl proteil who's good who practices in dc. Shulman Rodgers is the firm where he works. I know he just got a big amount of money for someone who was a medical malpractice victim in dc in May.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My favorite part is how you're disparaging "ambulance chasers" while begging us to tell you which one to use.

Yeah. I guess that's what's had me on the fence so long. I guess there's little gray area here. I feel like it's either "go for the balls" or throw in the towel. I'd rather not divulge the details as it's pretty unique and identifying. I believe she isn't a bad doctor, but she had a bad day, and then she made some really poor decisions following the bad day. I don't want to ruin her or her career, I just want some compensation. And, you know what I want? I want a damn apology. I want her to never, ever make this mistake again, to always side with caution, which she didn't do with me. For all I know, she learned that lesson, but I haven't seen her since she stood next to me in the hospital room following an emergency operation, so I wouldn't know. I don't carry this kind of crap around much, and I'm OK. I'm fine really, but it's just been getting at me lately. I think I would have had another baby, but I also look at my little family and know it is complete, but there's that... possibility. And it just hurts, and I'm sad for it, and I'm sad for her. Maybe I should just let it go huh? Money won't fix that... but? I don't know. What do you think? What will happen to her?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, I'm cutting it close. I'm honestly very torn about this, there are numerous reasons I didn't want to file at the time of injury, and then as time has worn on and I find myself very hurt and angry, I've decided I'm due some sort of compensation.

What will it do to her (financially, and from a career-perspective) if I file suit?

If you are in VA, you may be past the SOL. It's three years in DC and MD, but typically shorter in VA. As to what will filing a lawsuit do? Absolutely nothing. Now, if there is an actual finding against your provider, it may get reported publicly and it may have an effect on the cost of her insurance or her ability to get insurance. But, there also might not be any effect at all. In order for there to be discipline against a provider, there usually has to be a pattern of conduct, not an isolated incident. Also, a botched medical procedure does not automatically mean that there was malpractice. Sometimes bad outcomes happen without fault of the provider.

Suing is all consuming and very difficult. You will be opening your medical history and you will be spending a lot of time and energy on it. It will take a toll on you. But, you should definitely consult an attorney before your time runs out because you will always wonder if you had a case. It will be hard to live with what happened if you don't at least look into legal action.

I am out of touch with the current medical malpractice people, but the Cochran firm and Jack Oleander are good options.

Thanks, didn't see this before my last post. So, worst case - they find her in fault, of... something. And then, her insurance rates rise?