Watergate Nursing Home case analysis

Dropped medical malpractice claims: their surprising frequency, apparent causes and potential remedies. The articles states that not all malpractice claims eventually get to trial and this Is not because the cases are frivolous In nature. The rate at which claims are “dropped”, abandoned, adjudicated or withdrawn has been found to be quite alarming and costly.Watergate Nursing Home case analysis

From the article, we understand that some claims are dropped because of the long process it goes through before getting to trial of which some plaintiffs are not patient enough to wait for, some are dropped because in the process of litigation and tattling the claims out, they discover some facts or pivotal information that “lowers their assessment of the value of their case or claims”. The article also found that a case can be dropped due to reasons that should have been foreseen by the plaintiff and his attorney.