Medical error

The medical world can only practise its profession under the benevolent eye of the jurist and the lawyer.

The firm has been formed to meet the expectations of healthcare professionals who are subject to the ever-increasing risk of their liability being called into question.

We are deliberately focused on offering legal solutions tailored to the requirements of medical practice, so that the link between the legal and medical worlds is ensured by lawyers who are familiar with the practice of the healthcare professions.

Medical liability therefore requires a combination of fault, harm to the patient and a causal link between the fault and the harm.

The patient or his or her heirs can then obtain compensation and a conviction against the healthcare professional.

This may be a medical fault or a fault in the organisation of the service.

Medical malpractice is defined as a failure to diagnose, a failure to provide information, a failure in the choice of treatment, or a failure to comply with the latest scientific findings or the rules of the art:

• Delay or failure to diagnose in the absence of the necessary medical examinations
• Failure to provide information about a known medical risk
• Injection of a corticosteroid into a patient suffering from persistent pain in the lower limbs without knowledge of the conditions of use
• Finally, the fault in the organisation of the service may be reflected in a lack of supervision or a lack of medical presence or competence, or in the inadequacy of the resources provided by the clinic or hospital.