To gain compensation for medical malpractice, you need to work with an experienced medical malpractice lawyer. Medical malpractice is one of the most complicated types of personal injury claims, and successfully gaining compensation is highly unlikely without a lawyer’s legal expertise. In any personal injury case, a lawyer needs to first prove that the other party’s actions meet the legal definition of negligence. Only once this is proven can they begin assessing the extent of the damage to identify a target compensation value. Proving medical malpractice is more complicated than proving other types of personal injury. Instead of proving general negligence, a medical malpractice attorney must prove that your healthcare provider violated the professional standard of care. A medical malpractice case can’t move forward until a lawyer has engaged a qualified medical witness to review your medical file and the facts of the case and deliver testimony under oath, confirming that your provider’s actions were negligent, given the circumstances.