suing a doctor by yourself
Does anyone out there have a legal background or knowledge of U. S. law have any idea if it is feasible to act as your own attorney when you try to sue a doctor. It is very hard to get a doctor to take cases like ours. They want cases where doctors operate on the wrong leg etc. That is why they keep operating without impunity. I am realistic enough to know that the odds of me actually winning money would be low, I simply cannot let these two doctors get off completely without answering my questions. I really would like to get to the deposition phase so that they would be forced to answer my questions for a few hours. Emotionally, it would mean a lot to me. What would the basic process be to get it started, and the associated fees? Has anyone besides TE actually tried to sue their doctor. I think we have a strong case of not receiving informed consent. If you haven't sued, I'd be interested in why you haven't. There are so many frivolous lawsuits that are filed, yet it is frustrating that people on this board have had their lives forever altered, but still cannot find compensation. Lastly, I am in the Chicago area, does anyone know a good attorney? Thanks, Mark

Hi Mark, There is a malpractice lawyer registered on this site. Susan Dennehy I think her name is. I would send her an email and see what she says. J.

John, I did talk to Susan and she is familiar with our plight. She even won a lawsuit for a friend with ENS, Unfortunately, she is based in New York and could not represent me and she didn't know anyone in Chicago. Mark

Question
Can I get the contact information for Susan? If she won a case, I'd like to know the details that. I have an attorney here in Ohio working on my case, and I'm sure this would help. Any information you can give is greatly appreciated! Thanks! John, I did talk to Susan and she is familiar with our plight. She even won a lawsuit for a friend with ENS, Unfortunately, she is based in New York and could not represent me and she didn't know anyone in Chicago. Mark

I ordered this book from Border's Books (still waiting for it to come in). this may be useful to you. Title: So You Really Want to Sue Your Doctor? : Here's Author: Rapp, Roy T. Price: $62.88 Condition: BRAND NEW! ! Excellent customer service The lawyer's contact info is the last bottom STICKY in this forum. Hoosemec

itsgone, Important medical literature sources for your law suit: 1. the wikipedia article which I wrote which also lists many damning citations from the medical literature and there is also all the relevant scientific references which you can use. 2. I'd advise you to buy Chris's book that mentions all these citations and more. You can also present his book in the hearings and refer to the video -*test*-('")imonials and to this -*test*-('")imonial page on our website. 3. The la-*test*-('") book we found which we posted about in the last week - Functional Reconstructive Nasal Surgery (2003, E. Huizing and J. De-Groot has some excellent passages about ENS which you can use as scientific reference). I managed to copy some of them from the Google preview page of the book. If you would like to see them send me your email. Good luck!

Case
Has anyone ever read about this case? It briefly talks about ENS at the end of the article. http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/medmal_carey.html

Yes, it has been brought up in the past. David has spoken to this guy who is really suffering from many other issues besides ossible ENS. In any case - the argument that it is ENS was at this time brought up by the defense team blaming it for the symptoms complained about, not by the patient's side.

http://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?sid=N36EMXDN4T849M1JQ6MRNKNJMKBDA9M0&ID=47381 A Research Guide to Medical Malpractice and the Law: Revisited Abstract: This pathfinder is designed to update my previous article on medical malpractice resources, at 16 LRSQ 31-68 no. 1 (1995). Also included in this work are topics not covered in the original article. The focus is to provide medical malpractice law information resources in print, CD-ROM, and World Wide Web resources. The resources provided are to assist the personal injury attorneys litigating medical malpractice claims.

http://www.nolo.com/ not sure if useful but some books on self law. Also there was a book not to long ago..dont remember the name...of a top heart surgeon who operated on patients who had no heart problems, it was a big deal, many of the patients couldnt sue because the procedure was done correctly. One patitent called the FBI under the claim that the unnecessary surgeries were a case of fraud. If i remember correctly he FBI looked into the matter and the doctor was is now in jail. It was a big deal he was a highly regarded surgeon. unnecessary surgery's i think are considered federal fraud cases and not malpractice if the procedure was done correctly and responsibibly. If not done correctly and responsibably i think that is malpractice. However im not a lawyer. also fraud has a much longer statue of limitations than malpractice. Ill try to find the book and get back to post.