Q: we’re looking to sue for medical malpractice. The question is do we need an autopsy in order to do so?
My mother fell and broke her knee cap. She had the initial surgery to fix it. She was over medicated by her rehab center then rushed to north suburban hospital where they failed to do any kind of wound care for two weeks. Then when she was finally able to get back to a new rehab center it was discovered she had a massive bed sore on her tail bone. She passed this last Saturday. We would like to go further with her services, cremation and such but not sure if we needed an autopsy before cremation
A: Probably the best way to answer this question is to say that medical malpractice attorneys always prefer to have the autopsy report.
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