Should ask my doctor’s office cover my medical expenses, if I was injured while in their office?
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Should ask my doctor’s office cover my medical expenses, if I was injured while in their office?
Yesterday, I had an endometrial biopsy in the doctor’s office. After it was over, I felt faint, and the doctor said I had turned white. She told me to lay back down on the exam table, which I did. She left the room, and when I awoke I was on the floor. I fainted and fell off the table. I had swelling on the right side of my head and lots of bruising. I was taken by ambulance to the emergency room, where X-rays and a cat scan were done. Plenty of swelling on my head, hands and elsewhere but thankfully, nothing broken. I don’t even want to think about what all this is going to cost.
Asked on December 3, 2015 under Malpractice Law, Massachusetts
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
d on what you write, the doctor and her staff were not at fault in causing your fall and injury, or the resulting medical costs: you fainted and rolled off an examination table not due to anything the doctor did. Liability, or the financial responsibility to pay for another's injury, is based on fault: when someone is not at fault, they are not liable, even if you are injured in or on their property. In this case, it appears the doctor wold not be liable.
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