Step 1 Report Example

March 1st 2012 Mrs. Angela G Los Angeles

Dear Mrs. G. Our Medical Team has reviewed the confidential information you submitted to us, and from a strictly medical perspective we have carefully considered its merit regarding possible medical malpractice. Case Summary: Name: Mrs. Angela G Gender: Female Age at the Event: 35 years Occupation: Hairdresser Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Date of Event: November 1st 2011 Time since Event: 4 months Responsible Party: Dr. Alfred ZZZ, General Practitioner Event Summary: On November 1, 2011 you were seen by your GP, Dr ZZZ, with a complaint of sudden onset of shortness of breath and chest heaviness. You had just started on The Pill and had been previously well. You state that Dr ZZZ did not examine you, diagnosed you as having an anxiety disorder, and treated you with Valium. The next day you got worse and you presented to an emergency department where a diagnosis of pulmonary embolus was made (due to a blood clot that probably travelled from your legs to your lungs). You were treated appropriately but have since suffered from ongoing shortness of breath.

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Our Opinion: We wish to inform you that in our opinion, on balance, there may well be sufficient evidence to support your concern that medical malpractice occurred. This opinion is based mainly on our assessment that the expected Standard of Care may have been breached in your case. We do wish to emphasize however that at this stage our opinion is a preliminary one, as we have not examined the actual documentation that you summarized in the information submitted to us. It is important to recognize that this recommendation should not be interpreted as meaning that you have a definitely winnable case from a medical perspective, only that we suspect that may be so at this preliminary stage in our analysis. We recommend that you now proceed to our Step 2 Strengths and Weaknesses Report, with a more detailed examination of your actual documentation. Instructions on how to proceed are available on our web site, but for ease of reference we attach a copy of these instructions with this e-mail, together with An Authorization for Release of Patient Documentation form. The principal advantages of requesting our Step 2 Strengths and/or Weaknesses report rather than contacting a medical malpractice lawyer are: (see 5 Reasons to Delay contacting a Medical Malpractice Lawyer on our web site) 1. Much lower cost than seeing a lawyer for the same medical decision point 2. Confirming if Medical Malpractice probably occurred
3. Retaining initial control of the process 4. Avoiding premature commitments that you might later find to be quite frustrating

and expensive to terminate.

5. Lawyers really appreciate receiving a well presented case to review its less

time-consuming and more efficient for them to consider taking on your case. The Step 2 Report is a detailed Quality Assured examination of your submitted documentation by a board certified specialist that contains: An index of all documents, listed in chronological order An overall summary of relevant events
An opinion regarding: o How much time you have left to file a claim with a lawyer Trusted, Affordable Medical Malpractice Opinions --- Directly to You
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Consent issues (if relevant) Was there a failure to provide the appropriate Standard of Care

What were the consequences? Such as: Loss of past and future income Pain and suffering Medical/surgical complications Physical impairment Psychological issues Loss of conjugal enjoyment and intimate relations Effect on leisure/sports activities Ongoing costs (drugs, nursing care, aids to daily living etc.) Shortened life span or death

Summary of the strengths and weaknesses of your case

Statement of overall merit on a scale of 0-10

Recommended malpractice lawyers in the closest city to where you live Our willingness to assist the lawyer you choose in obtaining:

o Pragmatic advice from Dr. Hodkinson on your case from medical, tactical, and strategic perspectives o Further expert medical opinions from our international data base of specialists willing to act as expert witnesses if the case goes to trial
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Please remember that we can receive your additional scanned documentation for the Step 2 report only on a couriered DVD of your scanned documents. We cannot accept hard copy documentation. We look forward to the opportunity of providing you with a more definitive Step 2 report, and await your further instructions. Thank you for accessing our services. Yours truly,

Dr Roger Hodkinson CEO and Medical Director MyMalpracticeExpert.com

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