Elizabeth Anne Banham

Elizabeth Banham

I am sorry that you are frustrated and upset about the information we communicated to you regarding your wife's potential lawsuit. Clearly, at the time you contacted us, you and your wife had been through a terrifying experience. Unfortunately, because of California laws, medical malpractice cases are very difficult and expensive to pursue even for well trained, experienced and accomplished attorneys. At no cost to your family, this is what we did before concluding we were unable to file a lawsuit on your family's behalf: 1. An experienced attorney reviewed all of your voluminous medical records. 2. The records were then reviewed by an experienced board certified physician. 3. Medical research was conducted and cross referenced with the information from the records. 4. Multiple discussions were had with you, seeking additional and updated information and ultimately explaining why we couldn't represent your spouse. 5. We recommended you consult other attorneys to get a second opinion about your potential lawsuit, to see if their analysis was different than ours. We worked very hard to analyze your potential lawsuit before concluding we could not help you. This decision is not one we made lightly. This information was performed as quickly and competently as possible, and communicated to you many months before the deadline in which you are required to file a lawsuit. We understand your frustration and we regret that we cannot be of further assistance to you. Worse than the news that we cannot now help you would be the frustration and loss if we naively plowed forward into extensive and stressful litigation, only to lose the case years from now.