How do you find out why your medical malpractice claim was denied?

[eoforwic]

I have an attorney who has filed a very good malpractice lawsuit against my doctor, who incidentally also has several others filed against her, including one for the death of a patient for which she is being blamed, and when he sent the information to her malpractice insurance company, they denied the claim without an explanation, according to my attorney. How can that be possible and how do I find out the reason for the denial? Certainly there must be a way to dispute this isn't there?

[osryd]

In order to successfully sue a doctor or collect from their insurance for malpractice there has to be another doctor who will testify against the doctor being sued.

However that is a very rare occurrence and probably why your claim was denied.


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[sonny]

It sounds like your claim is in its early stages. Insurance companies generally deny everything and they don't have to say why. It's up to the court to decide whether the doctor was negligent, and that overrides the insurance company's decision. It's standard practice to invite the insurance company to negotiate a settlement before going to court, but they often refuse. Sounds like that is what happened with your claim, but like I said the court has the final decision. Your lawyer should be happy to explain the process to you if you ask him/her.