How Causation And Damages Affect Your Medical Malpractice Case

Causation

Your Los Angeles medical malpractice attorneys will explain how causation can affect your case. It will come in handy in proving that medical malpractice actually occurred. In order to prove causation, you will have to prove that your physician / doctor/ surgeon’s breach of duty was actually the reason that resulted in the harm.

How Are You Going To Analyze Causation? 

You need to ask yourself a question. “Did your doctor’s actions actually cause you any damage or any complications in your treatment?” If the answer is no, you don’t have a case but if the answer is yes, you will likely be able to prove causation. 

For instance if the surgeon you trusted to make an incision in the right lung mistakenly made it in the left lung, then there is definite breach of duty and it would be a case of medical malpractice. Here you would have to suffer pain and then had to get stitches too to get that incision closed. Needless to mention, any extra opening in your body increases your risk of getting infections and may cause bleeding and other complications as well. This is clearly a case your Los Angeles medical malpractice lawyers are going to advise you to take to court.

However, if it had been a case of a misplaced surgical incision at the site of operation, things would have turned out a little differently. If your surgeon made an extra or a longer incision than needed, but the end result didn’t cause you any damage or obstruction in your treatment, there is a question that is raised. You will have to assess whether his alleged breach of duty (as pointed out by your Los Angeles personal injury attorney) actually caused you any damage or not.

Damages

You will have to prove that there was actually a damage done to you through this medical malpractice incident. You must prove that as a result of causation -- the doctor/ surgeon’s breach of standard of care, you actually suffered some kind of harm. This can be physical, financial, or even psychological or otherwise. You will need some kind of proof in the form of medical records, reports and tests and other documentation that the breach committed by the doctor actually caused a difference in your normal state of life. This is how these two elements affect your case.