Medical paralegals work in law firms handling medical malpractice litigation, using their knowledge of both law and medicine to assist attorneys in preparing legal arguments. They may have a background in nursing, medicine, or other medical fields, and can also work on personal injury and disability cases.
A paralegal doctor works on cases involving law and medicine. Medical paralegals usually work in law firms that handle medical malpractice litigation, doing research on the legal and medical aspects involved in proving such an action. These paralegals may also work in other types of personal injury cases and/or other cases where the nature of the injury is an essential aspect of the law.
Paralegals are generally responsible for assisting attorneys in preparing legal arguments to be presented in court. When a lawyer tries a case in court or files a lawsuit, he must cite various legal precedents, in the form of statutes and past cases, that support the legal arguments he is making and the position he wants the court to take. Paralegals are responsible for using legal research databases such as Lexis Nexis or Westlaw, as well as code books and other sources of legal material, to find the relevant law that applies to a given case.
When the case the attorney is researching involves medical facts, such as the nature of an injury or a physician’s breach of a reasonable duty of care, a medical paralegal may be required. As the decision in these cases depends on medical facts, such as whether the doctor’s actions were reasonable in light of the circumstances, it is vital to understand the nature of the law and the medical decisions made. A paralegal with no medical background may not have a deep enough understanding of the medical terminology used or the medical decisions made to be able to fully perform the research an attorney needs to make a case.
Often, a paralegal doctor has a background in both medicine and law. It is common for a former nurse to act as a paralegal. A nursing certificate, combined with work experience in a law firm or paralegal education or certification, can help a medical paralegal earn a relatively high salary; these paralegals are also called paralegal nurses. Medical paralegals can also come from other fields, such as former physicians, EMT technicians, or others who worked in the medical community and decided to shift their focus to the law. These paralegals can work not only in medical malpractice cases, but also in Social Security disability cases where there is an issue as to whether someone is sufficiently incapacitated or in personal injury cases where there is a question as to whether the client has suffered harm. serious enough. to justify recovery.
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