Victims of Preventable Medical Errors in Champaign, IL Should Call the Noll Law Office to Speak With a Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Victims of medical errors and medical negligence in Champaign, IL should speak with an experienced medical malpractice lawyer in Illinois. Birth injury and other medical malpractice cases often lead to life-changing and life-threatening injuries, impacting victims and their families due to unexpected medical bills and lost wages. Unfortunately, medical malpractice cases are more common than most people may believe, as some statistics suggest that preventable medical errors are the third-leading cause of death in the United States. Although many insurance companies and defense lawyers will try to claim that this is not true, other statistics reveal that medical errors and mistakes result in more than $55 billion in annual healthcare costs in just the United States. Even in cases of obvious liability and extreme malpractice, defense lawyers and insurance adjusters may still try to undermine, undervalue, and even deny otherwise valid claims.
If you or a loved one were injured due to a healthcare provider’s reckless errors in Champaign, IL, call the Noll Law Office to speak with their experienced personal injury lawyers. They will not let defense lawyers and insurance adjusters protect dangerous doctors after they have harmed you or your loved ones. Instead, they will thoroughly review and investigate your case, relying on expert witnesses to help prove your case and your damages, while only getting paid after they recover compensation for you in a verdict, settlement, or another type of award. To learn more about your rights under Illinois law, schedule a free consultation with an experienced medical malpractice lawyer in Illinois.
What is Medical Malpractice Under Illinois Law?
Medical malpractice cases are a type of personal injury case, which is a type of “tort” or civil case between private citizens and/or businesses. Like other types of personal injury cases, medical malpractice cases are based on “negligence,” or the common law (judge-made law) rule governing the reasonableness of a party’s actions and the foreseeable damages that they might cause.
But unlike other types of personal injury cases, not all bad outcomes give rise to a medical malpractice claim. Indeed, sometimes a doctor could fail to treat a patient, and that is still not a viable medical malpractice claim under Illinois law. That’s because healthcare providers like doctors do not guarantee a particular outcome, or even a successful one.
Therefore, in order to state a cause of action (or claim) for medical malpractice, a plaintiff must prove that a healthcare provider deviated from the acceptable standard of care which a reasonably prudent healthcare provider with similar education, training, and skill would have done in similar circumstances. Medical malpractice is not just the negligent actions of a defendant, such as a surgical error, but also a defendant’s omissions, such as a failure to diagnose a condition.
What Can You Get From a Medical Malpractice Case in Illinois?
Victims of medical malpractice may be entitled to recover damages in a settlement or verdict in a lawsuit. In personal injury cases, damages are usually either economic or noneconomic. What a victim may be entitled to depends on the facts of his or her case, as well as the damages that a family may have also sustained as a result of a defendant’s medical malpractice.
The different types of damages and some examples of them include the following:
Economic Damages
Generally, economic damages are the type of harm caused by a defendant’s medical malpractice that are quantifiable. This means that they can be calculated and awarded as reimbursement or monetary damages. Sometimes it could be as simple as adding up medical bills through invoices or billing summaries/statements. Other times it could be much more complicated and require the expert testimony from several experts, such as determining lost future income with a vocational and economist.
Some examples of economic damages that could be awarded in a medical malpractice lawsuit include the following:
- Past medical bills
- Future medical bills that are proven to a reasonable degree of certainty
- Lost wages
- Lost future earnings for the difference of pre-incident and post-incident income
- Medical equipment costs
- Home or vehicle modifications or improvements, such as ramps or lifts
- Nursing care, including in-house or at a nursing home facility
- Medication costs, and
- Other types of damages that can be determined through calculations or expert testimony.
Noneconomic Damages
As the name implies, noneconomic damages are not economic damages which are simply calculated or added up. Rather, they are other types of damages that were caused by a defendant’s medical malpractice and require both subjective (victim testimony) and objective proof (medical records) to establish them. Testimony from experts and other witnesses, such as family members, friends, or coworkers, can also be used to help prove this type of damages.
The most common types of noneconomic damages that victims in Champaign, IL may be entitled to are the following:
- Past pain and suffering – damages from the date of the incident until the date of the payment/verdict
- Future pain and suffering – an estimate of the number of years left that a victim will live from the date of payment/verdict
- Loss of consortium – loss of relations between a victim and a spouse, but also loss of other normal familial contact between a victim and other dependents
- Punitive damages – for truly egregious and morally reprehensive conduct, punitive damages may be awarded to punish a defendant and deter other similar conduct, and
- Other types of noneconomic damages that may be appropriate in certain cases based on the review of an experienced medical malpractice lawyer.
Unsure of What Compensation that You May be Entitled to Under Illinois Law? Schedule a Free Consultation with a Medical Malpractice Lawyer in Illinois.
Medical malpractice cases can result in some of the most devastating types of personal injuries, many which are irreversible. Despite this, medical malpractice cases are also some of the hardest cases to prove and obtain a successful recovery. That’s why victims and their families in Champaign, IL must hire an experienced medical malpractice lawyer to protect their rights to compensation under Illinois law.
At the Noll Law Office, their compassionate and skilled legal team has the skills and resources necessary to prove even some of the most complicated birth injury, surgical, or other medical malpractice cases. Their fifth-generation lawyers have also developed a favorable reputation in the community and rapport with many treating physicians and experts who could help support your claim. In addition, they have a proven track record of dedicating themselves to their clients, offering personalized representation and not a cookie-cutter approach like many other bodily injury law firms. With their law office in Springfield, they are able to meet with clients throughout Illinois, including at their house, hospital, office, or virtual and over the telephone – including victims and their families in Champaign, IL
If you or a loved one need a medical malpractice lawyer in Illinois, schedule a free appointment with the Noll Law Office by dialing (217) 414-8889 or by sending a message here.