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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My favorite part is how you're disparaging "ambulance chasers" while begging us to tell you which one to use.[/quote]

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?[/quote]

Whether you get any money or not, you will likely not get an apology. That is generally a condition of settlement.[/quote]

[/quote] If you do file suit and win/settle, you might not get much money. The lawyer will take a third, your health insurance company will probably place a lien to recoup whatever it spent on medical care as a result of the error, and you will have to pay taxes on your share. So don't do it for the money. That said, my family had a positive experience with Jack Oleander.

Since PI lawyers work on contingency, they will review all the details and only take the case if they think they can win.[/quote]

I had a very similar experience to the OP. I struggled for a long time with with whether I would file or not. I suffered medically for at least a year, racked up huge medical expenses, was depressed and the risk of another pregnancy would be extremely high to both myself and the baby, so prohibitive. I couldn't go back to work and financially we were hurting. I ended up seeing jack Oleander, he is very experienced and successfully sued very big and popular OB practices in DC. My goal was to recoup my medical expenses incurred after the mistake of my OB. The process is very hideous, you need to ask for tons of files, get a physical evaluation, show up to discuss, etc, as one would expect. I didn't have a lot of energy in pursuing this and the SOL was around the corner. I let it go. I regret it now.

I learned that my OB doesn't practice Obstetrics anymore and is only seeing regular GYN patients. Don't know whether it was the aftermath of my case. I also never received an apology, though the mistake was very evident.

From what I know having an OB/GYN friends, the malpractice insurance takes a huge hit after a suit is filed and the reputation follows you for years.

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