Rare, easy cases In some rare cases as a medical malpractice attorney, we’ve found it very easy to prove the malpractice.  For example, in one of our cases, a surgeon performed carpal tunnel surgery on the patient’s wrong wrist.  In another case, a patient was left unattended after surgery and fell off the gurney and suffered broken ribs.  In these types of medical malpractice cases, the negligence is obvious and is admitted by the practitioner and not hard to prove.  The case instead focuses on determining the damages. More common, difficult cases In most cases, however, medical negligence is disputed.  In a disputed medical negligence case, only the most serious injuries or a wrongful death merits the financial investment by you and/or your medical malpractice lawyer. In one of our cases, for example, a woman was sent home from a Kaiser emergency room after being assessed with an earache and given over-the-counter drops.  The next day, the woman was found dead in her home by her adult daughter who went to check on her after she did not show up to work.  The woman died from bacterial meningitis.   Kaiser asserted that it was not reasonable under the circumstances to check for bacterial meningitis in the emergency room.  Each side had independent experts.   After several rounds of expert depositions, we were able to resolve the case for the woman’s survivors and recover damages for wrongful death.