In our previous post, we began looking at Michigan law concerning the standard of care in medical malpractice litigation. As we noted, the standard of care depends on whether the practitioner is a general practitioner or a specialist.
Medical malpractice defense: what is standard of care? P.1
Medical professionals can and do make mistakes from times to time. Medical errors don’t always lead to harm for a patient—in many cases medical errors have no significant or permanent consequences. In some cases, they do. Ideally, a medical professional who makes a mistake, and his or her employer, are able to resolve any such incidents without going to court, but sometimes it is necessary to mount a strong defense in court.
