It is imperative that you be honest and tell your lawyer EVERYTHING. There is nothing that kills any case faster than a “simple” lie or a failure to share ALL relevant information with your lawyer. If you have any doubt that any piece of information will be important for your lawyer to know, ALWAYS err on the side of telling your lawyer. I would much rather know too much than not enough.

Your attorney will ask you many questions about your care so even before you meet with any attorney it is a good idea to sit down and write out as much as you can recall about your care. Try to put your notes in chronological order from beginning to end. If you know exact dates and times, put them down. If you have to estimate dates, that is OK but try to put the events in the order they occurred.

Start by telling the attorney about your prior health history and then progress to telling exactly what happened to you, from the first time you visited your doctor through your last contact. What were the circumstances surrounding your illness or injury? How did your doctor treat it? What did your doctor tell you about your treatment? Did you follow your doctor’s instructions? What happened to you? How are you doing know? Do you have any permanent injuries or limitations? How much time did you lose from work? Who paid your medical bills?
Answers to these and many other relevant questions become important if you think your doctor may have committed malpractice.

If you are not sure whether your circumstances rise to the level of medical malpractice, feel free to send a detailed E-mail regarding your circumstances to info@zifflaw.com and we will quickly and confidentially let you know whether we think you might have a claim or not. There is no charge for this evaluation.