I got a letter from my lawyer today saying i have to attend a settlement hearing on Monday. What happens during this? Its for a medical malpractice case. Thanks!
Tmess2
You should ask your attorney this question because there are a lot of different ways that settlement hearings are conducted.
At a very general level, a judge (other than the one who actually is hearing the case if it goes to trial) or a mediator will meet with the attorneys. The judge will try to figure out what are the issues that still separate the two sides (which is typically money in a medical malpractice case) and try to figure out if there is a way that the parties can reach a compromise.
Depending on how much it resembles a formal mediation, there may be a summary from both attorneys with the parties present and the judge may then shuttle back and forth between the parties conveying offers and counter-offers and pointing out reasons to consider accepting the offer. In a more informal settlement conference, the two parties may never be in the same room together and the attorneys may go back and forth between talking with their clients and talking with the judge.
nice_n_easy
You have to attend the settlement hearing regarding the case that your lawyer filed in your behalf.
During this time the judge will rule for or against the settlement dispute between you and the other party involved in the case. Since I assume you file a case of medical malpractice against a medical practitioner, he/she may opt to settle the arguement through paying you monetary damages of whatever nature this is, instead of dragging this one through the court which the party especially the one being accuse would be in more serious consequence, not to mention the reputation this court case might implicate on his/her business in the future, since you didnot specify on the forum what malpractice this is all about, maybe the implant of silicone on breast, skin pigmentation that went haywired or something, or allergic of some substance that was injected wrongfully by the staff of the hospital or clinic.
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