Regular Member usedandabused Posted January 12, 2011 Regular Member Share Posted January 12, 2011 Does anyone know of a very good malpractice lawyer that I can speak with regarding a very bad situation with an ex member doctor of this site and a current member of the IAHRS? He needs to be held accountable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member gmonasco Posted January 12, 2011 Senior Member Share Posted January 12, 2011 Are you referring to general malpractice on the part of this doctor, or one specific case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member usedandabused Posted January 12, 2011 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 12, 2011 my case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member wb280 Posted January 13, 2011 Senior Member Share Posted January 13, 2011 I remembered your case mate. Hows stuff? Guess it was rough! If u are talking about rogue docs, its tough to bring them to court and vice versa. You probably would have signed some indemnity form, but i guess the general law assumes that the doc should exercise reasonable care towards the patient regardless of indemnity so your case is still valid. However, here's the rub. Its tough to prove either way, whether he did exercise enough care and caution. I am not a lawyer so the above is just my conjecture. Whatever it is, good luck and take care mate View my hair loss website. Surgery done by Doc Pathomvanich from Bangkok http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/home-page.asp?WebID=1730 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Sean Posted January 13, 2011 Senior Member Share Posted January 13, 2011 Robert Ross in Philadelphia is very good. You can try him. That guy has won millions and millions in practically every case. He knows medical malpractice in and out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Sean Posted January 13, 2011 Senior Member Share Posted January 13, 2011 You can also try Donna R. Davis from Knoxville, Tennessee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member hairthere Posted January 13, 2011 Senior Member Share Posted January 13, 2011 It is very tough to prove medical malpractice. Especially with a cosmetic surgery where you more than likely signed a waiver. I attempted to take my first HT doc, Joseph Karamikian, to small claims court suing for breach of contract. I think I had a shot at winning but was forced to go to court multiple times as the case kept getting pushed back. I eventually gave up. At least I ended up costing the doc money in lawyer fees. I am the owner/operator of AHEAD INK a Scalp Micropigmentation Company in Fort Lee, New Jersey. www.aheadink.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Tonycc Posted January 13, 2011 Senior Member Share Posted January 13, 2011 do you mind sharing with us your experience? It could be good to hear this from someone who has been through this process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Dr. William Lindsey Posted January 19, 2011 Regular Member Share Posted January 19, 2011 This is an interesting topic. A few years back I took a 40 hour law school class on malpractice law at the University of Richmond. THIS DOES NOT MAKE ME A LAWYER, but it did provide me alot of insight into the malpractice arena. I'd agree with hairthere, that its pretty tough to show specific damages caused by a doctor's derelection of duty with regard to hair. Poor outcomes and even nearly disfiguring scars, like it or not, usually can't be attributed to malpractice. That may not make bloggers happy, but I think that it is true...not just from my opinion but rather from what I learned in that class; and in reviewing cases for lawyers. Also, several years ago a large medical corporation talked with me about joining their group. I distinctly recall the very first question that I asked that morning was how many malpractice suits does their entire company face per year. Their answer, 3 active cases in 8 years.... Now they admitted to more lawyer letters, but as to actual cases where an expert on the plaintiff side agreed that a breach in the standard of care caused damages....only 3 out of an enormous volume of cases. I would predict that unless there are disfiguring damages in the eyes of a potential jury that can be shown to be caused specifically by the doctor doing something very different than the fairly broad range of contemporary hair techniques, that it would be difficult to succeed in a case. In fact at one point at a meeting I heard that the only consistent successful (plaintiff's view) hair techniques worth suing over were flap rotation hair work and scalp reduction surgery. And I believe that is in large part responsible for scalp reductions not being offered anymore. Fortunately the flaps have gone away with improved strip megasession work in the 90s. Dr. Lindsey McLean VA William H. Lindsey, MD, FACS McLean, VA Dr. William Lindsey is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Shadow of the EMpire State Posted January 25, 2011 Senior Member Share Posted January 25, 2011 Whether you can win this kind of case has more to do with venue than anything else. We're talking about juries here, not bench trials. Bring the right case in the right venue with the right lawyer, and you can win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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