{"id":1753,"date":"2016-04-26T08:02:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T13:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoisinjurylawyerblog.net\/?p=667"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:40:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:40:49","slug":"first-question-medical-injury-claim-allegations-fall-medical-malpractice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/first-question-medical-injury-claim-allegations-fall-medical-malpractice\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Question in a Medical Injury Claim: Do the Allegations Fall Under Medical Malpractice?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medical malpractice claims often require additional evidence, including expert testimony, affidavits, and special administrative procedures. For this reason, the first issue in any case alleging the negligence of a medical provider may be whether or not the allegations fall under medical malpractice in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/louisiana\/supreme-court\/2016\/2015-cc-1754.html\" target=\"_blank\">case<\/a>, a plaintiff filed a claim based on a hospital\u2019s alleged failure to properly maintain equipment used to sterilize surgical instruments. The plaintiff alleged that he had developed an infection after having spine surgery at the hospital, and that the infection was the result of improperly sterilized instruments. However, that state\u2019s supreme court had to decide whether the claims actually fell under the state\u2019s medical malpractice act, considering the definition of malpractice. The hospital argued that the plaintiff\u2019s claim fell under the definition of malpractice in the act.<\/p>\n<p>The court decided that the hospital\u2019s failure to properly maintain its equipment fell under the definition of medical malpractice. In addition, since\u00a0the act used the term \u201chealth care provider\u201d rather than \u201cphysician,\u201d it included treatment related to the hospital&#8217;s\u00a0capacity as a health care provider, rather than just treatment provided by a doctor there.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/first-question-medical-injury-claim-allegations-fall-medical-malpractice\/#more-1753\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical malpractice claims often require additional evidence, including expert testimony, affidavits, and special administrative procedures. For this reason, the first issue in any case alleging the negligence of a medical provider may be whether or not the allegations fall under medical malpractice in the first place. 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