Medical Malpractice Case Review for Attorneys
A medical malpractice case review tells you whether a claim will hold up before you invest months of work and thousands in expert fees. Our team turns hospital charts, physician notes and nursing records into clear findings on standard of care, breach, causation and damages. Standard turnaround is 48–72 hours, and you pay only after delivery.
- 48–72 Hour Turnaround
- Free Expedite
- Pay After Delivery
Why a Medical Malpractice Case Review Comes Before You Commit
Every medical malpractice claim rests on four elements, and each one must be supported by the medical record:
Duty
A provider–patient relationship existed, so the provider owed your client a duty of care.
Breach of Duty
The care fell below the accepted standard of care for that situation.
Causation
The breach, not the underlying illness or another event, caused the injury.
Damages
The injury led to measurable harm, such as added treatment, lost earnings or lasting impairment.
That disorder costs time, and it gives the adjuster openings. Insurers look for gaps in treatment, prior complaints to the same body part and any delay between the incident and the first visit. They question whether the incident caused the injury at all. They compare the billed totals in your demand against the records and challenge any charge that doesn’t line up.
A focused medical record review for personal injury attorneys gets ahead of those arguments. It puts every visit in order, ties each finding to its source page and surfaces the weak points while you still have time to address them. For many small and mid-size firms, the alternative is a paralegal spending days sorting PDFs, which is time taken away from discovery, client contact and new intakes. The services below are built to take that work off your desk.
What Our Medical Malpractice Record Review Covers
Each medical malpractice record review we complete answers the same core questions your expert and opposing counsel will ask.
Standard of Care Analysis
We compare what the records show against what a reasonably careful provider would have done in the same situation. That includes the tests that should have been ordered, the findings that should have prompted action, and the timing of referrals, consults and follow-up. Where accepted guidelines or protocols apply, we note them so you can see exactly where expected care and actual care diverge.
Breach and Deviation Points
A general statement that care was poor will not carry a case. We pinpoint each deviation by date, time, provider and record entry, with page references back to the source documents. You see who made the decision, what the chart shows they knew at the time, and what they did or failed to do. That gives your expert and your pleadings a precise starting point.
Causation
Causation is where many malpractice cases are won or lost. We trace the link between each deviation and the injury and explain how a timely, correct response could have changed the outcome. We also flag pre-existing conditions, competing diagnoses, missed appointments and other alternative causes the defense is likely to raise, so you can address them early rather than at deposition.
Damages and Future Care Indicators
We document the injuries, the treatment that followed, current status and prognosis as recorded by the treating providers. Notes about permanent impairment, future surgery, ongoing therapy or long-term care are pulled out for your damages analysis. Where the file includes bills, we summarize billed charges by provider and date of service so the costs tie back to the care.
Medical Chronology
Each review includes a dated, source-cited timeline of the care. The medical chronology lays out visits, admissions, orders, results, medications and procedures in sequence, with every entry tied to its page in the record. It gives your team, your expert and later your mediator one reliable view of what happened and when, without anyone working through the raw chart.
Missing Records and Red Flags
Gaps in a chart can matter as much as what it contains. We identify missing records such as absent nursing flowsheets, imaging reports or monitoring strips, and list what to request and from which provider. We also flag late entries, addenda written after an adverse event, inconsistent timestamps and notes that appear to have been altered, so you can follow up in discovery.
Screen Medical Negligence Cases for Merit, Fast
Intake teams see far more potential malpractice claims than a firm can take on. A focused medical negligence case review helps you decide which ones deserve your time. Send us the records you have, and we will review possible medical negligence and give you a clear read on whether to accept the case, investigate further or decline. A merit screen flags:
Clear deviations from the standard of care, with the supporting record entries
Weak or uncertain causation, where the injury may have happened anyway
Comparative issues, such as missed follow-up or a patient declining treatment
Timeline concerns, including dates that may affect the statute of limitations
Screening first means only viable cases go to a testifying expert, which keeps expert fees focused where they can pay off. Our findings are medical analysis, not legal advice. The decision on merit and filing always stays with you.
Send a Case for a Merit Screen. Your First One is Free!
Malpractice Case Types We Review
We review records across the range of claims plaintiff firms handle, from physician malpractice and clinic negligence involving a single provider to complex hospital cases with many providers. Each healthcare negligence case review is shaped around the specific failures alleged.
- Misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis: missed or late diagnosis of cancer, stroke, heart attack, sepsis and other time-sensitive conditions.
- Surgical errors: wrong-site procedures, retained objects, nerve or organ injuries and poorly managed post-operative complications.
- Medication errors: wrong drug, wrong dose, dangerous interactions and pharmacy errors in dispensing or labeling.
- Birth injury: birth injury and obstetric negligence during labor and delivery, including delayed C-sections and missed signs of fetal distress.
- Emergency room and hospital negligence: triage failures, premature discharge, missed test results and breakdowns in communication between staff.
- Anesthesia errors: dosing mistakes, airway management failures and inadequate monitoring during and after surgery.
- Nursing home negligence: nursing home negligence such as pressure ulcers, falls, dehydration and malnutrition.
- Wrongful death: wrongful death claims that follow a failure in medical care, where the records must show what went wrong and when.
How Our Medical Malpractice Case Review Works
Getting started takes a few minutes, and you know the scope and cost before any work begins.
1. Upload your records
Send the records you have, in any format and any volume: scanned charts, PDFs, EHR exports, imaging reports or billing files. There is no need to sort or index them first.
2. Get an hours estimate
We look at the size and complexity of the file and send you an hours estimate before any work begins. Nothing starts until you approve it, so there are no surprise invoices. See our pricing for how billing works.
3. Our team analyzes the full record set
Our physicians and medico-legal analysts read every page, build the chronology and assess standard of care, breach, causation and damages.
4. Receive your report in 48–72 hours
Standard turnaround is 48–72 hours. If you are facing a filing deadline or an intake decision, ask for expedited delivery at no extra cost.
5. Ask follow-up questions, then pay
Once you have the report, ask follow-up questions at no charge. You pay only after delivery.
What You Receive: Your Medical Malpractice Case Analysis
Your medical malpractice case analysis is written to be used, not just read. Every review includes:
- A written case review report with findings on standard of care, breach, causation and damages, each cited to the record
- A source-cited medical chronology of the care at issue
- A list of missing records and red flags, with what to request and from whom
Weak or uncertain causation, where the injury may have happened anyway
- An expert medical opinion to guide your case strategy
- A narrative summary of the medical history for your file or your expert
- A deposition summary of provider or expert testimony
- Medical support for your settlement demand letter
Want to see the format first? See a sample report.
Who Reviews Your Medical Malpractice Case
Your case is reviewed by our in-house team of physicians and medico-legal analysts. Their work is medical records review for lawsuits, every day, and they are used to complex hospital charts, multi-provider files and long treatment histories. Each medical-legal case review combines clinical judgment with an understanding of what you need to prove. Our physicians assess whether the care met the standard and whether the deviation caused the harm. Our analysts organize the evidence, build the chronology and cite every finding to the record.
How Our Medical Malpractice Case Review Works
Getting started takes a few minutes, and you know the scope and cost before any work begins.
Fast Turnaround
48–72 hours as standard, with expedited delivery at no extra cost.
No Surprises on Cost
You get an hours estimate before any work starts.
Pay After Delivery
You are billed only once the report is in your hands.
First Case Free
Test our work on a real malpractice file before you commit.
Free Follow-up Questions
Ask about the findings whenever you need to.
Plaintiff Side Only
We work only with plaintiff attorneys, never with defense firms or insurers.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is a structured analysis of a patient’s medical records to find where care deviated from the standard of care, whether that deviation caused the injury, and what damages resulted. It gives the plaintiff attorney the medical facts needed to decide whether a case has merit, what to investigate next and what a testifying expert will need to see.
Standard turnaround is 48–72 hours. If you need the review sooner, for an intake decision or an approaching filing deadline, we can expedite it at no extra cost. Before work starts, we send you an hours estimate based on the size and complexity of the records, so you know the scope of the review from the beginning.
Send whatever you have. Useful records include hospital and physician records, emergency room notes, imaging and lab reports, pharmacy and medication records, nursing notes and flowsheets, and billing. You do not need a complete set to start. As part of the review, we identify missing records and tell you exactly what to request and from which provider.
Reviews are billed by the hours the work takes, and you receive an hours estimate before anything begins. You pay only after the report is delivered, and your first case is free so you can judge the quality on a real file. For details on how billing works, see our pricing page or upload a case for an estimate.
Yes, as preparation for your expert. Our review organizes the medical facts, deviations and causation analysis your testifying expert needs to assess the case and sign a certificate or affidavit of merit. We provide consulting opinions, not signed affidavits or certificates. For an overview of state requirements, read our guide to medical opinion letters for malpractice cases.
No. We do not provide testifying expert witnesses. Our physicians write consulting medical opinions that help you understand the medical issues, shape your case strategy and prepare for your work with a testifying expert. Many firms use them to brief their retained expert faster. For a written opinion on a specific question, see our expert medical opinion service.
Start Your Medical Malpractice Case Review Today!
Send us your next malpractice file and see how much faster your case decisions get with the medical facts laid out clearly. Your first case is free, results arrive in 48–72 hours, and you pay only after delivery.