Medical Malpractice & Negligence Transcript
How do I know whether or not I have a medical malpractice claim?
To know whether you have a malpractice question. The answer seems obvious, you have
to ask. A lot of people think because there was a bad result or something happened
that they didn’t expect, there’s malpractice. Malpractice is a lot more complicated
than that, and you really have to do the easiest thing. Find out an attorney who
does it and go ask him or her what do I need to know about whether or not there
was a malpractice because most people think because something bad happened it was
a malpractice. Not so.
Why should I hire a PR&A as my medical malpractice attorney?
You know, I do get asked the question when clients come in, you know, in some form
or other why should I go to PR&A, why should I go to you, Andy Rockman, or my
partner Rob Adinolfi? I don’t know how to put it any other way than bluntly – because
we know what we’re doing, because we’ve done it before and because I’ve seen your
case or a variation on your case before so that I know what I need to do to get
from here to there. I know when to tell you to go home, I know when to tell you
this is what we need to do to do this right and to get it done. As I said before,
we know where to look, we know where the answers are and we sure know where the
excuses are. And secondarily, we’re been doing it so long I know my adversaries
and I know the insurance carriers, so I can wade through the games that they will
play. Those games don’t get played so much anymore – we know each other. I know
they have to represent their client and they know I have to represent mine, so the
games get pushed aside and we’re just better able to deal with the case on the merits.
They also know that I prepare, that my partner Rob Adinolfi prepares and that the
game’s taken out of it. They know that if they’re going to push this we’ll be in
court and we will be ready, and if the proofs justify it we have a superior chance
to win because we’ve anticipated what they’re going to throw at us. So kind of –
working with us kind of shortens and cleans the process up so you’re just dealing
with the merits and not the other things that get involved if you’re not experienced.