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Wife died in hospital as a result or lack of treatment for a stroke and a punctured and collapsed lung, block clot in her left leg which happened in the hospital after she was admired. She was paralized and unconscious since ambulance took her to the hospital. Why it is so difficult to get a lawyer? I know I'm no hulk hogan but I do have a case that eventually I will have to take to court myself. I will contact a forensic doctor for an autopsy on my poor wife to find out the truth, which I know. I was with her in that room 24/7, I know what they did. I wanted to get her to another hospital, buy they refused, they refused to put her in ICU, too...I need no response to this inquire, I know the answer already...NO!!
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The answer is simple.....so far the only person "that knows what they did" is you and thats simply not enough. In a complicated medical case as you described, the primary issue for 99% of lawyers is financial. Why? When you (and collectively other Floridians) decided you hated ambulance chasing lawyers and loved insurance companies and bad doctors,and either voted for or did not oppose a constitutional amendment making it harder for lawyers to get paid legal fees for thier work on medical malpratice cases. The result? By lowering fees to 10% but keeping investigative and trial costs at extraordinary levels (generally over $100k) medical malpractice lawyers generally wont take anything on less than a catastrophic multimillion dollar injury on a contingency fee. THAT is a problem that you won't solve filing a pro-se lawsuit BTW as you would be exposd to the same sanctions and complications as a lawyer would. That stated, if you intend to pursue a med mal case and lawyers "wont take it on" you may have to decide whether its worth you hiring a lawyer on an hourly rate and retainer basis, rather than a contingency fee basis.
Answered on Sep 21st, 2016 at 1:08 PM
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