What Happens in a Malpractice Settlement? Settlements for medical malpractice compensate victims of medical mistakes. They typically include funds to pay for future costs of treatments, such as procedures or treatments, and to cover past expenses such as lost wages. The amount of compensation for discomfort and pain is calculated by adding all the particular damages and multiplying the result by a severity ratio, usually between 2-5. This number is intended to represent the extent of the v...

Malpractice Attorneys Malpractice attorneys are lawyers who concentrate their practice on professional liability lawsuits. These cases are extremely complex and often require the help of medical experts. They are also expensive to resolve. This has led to a number of malpractice lawyers refusing to accept these cases. Medical malpractice occurs when a doctor is found to be deviating from accepted medical practice and results in injury or death for a patient. Compensation may include econom...