Short answer: start with type of alleged error (diagnostic, surgical, medication, birth injury) and whether records have already been requested or obtained — those two signals carry the most weight before anything else in this article. Medical malpractice is the most document-dependent PI category, and a name-phone-message contact form captures almost none of what a firm actually needs to evaluate viability.
Quick Jump
Qualifying Factors & Entities
- Type of alleged error (diagnostic, surgical, medication, birth injury)
- Whether records have already been requested or obtained
- Time elapsed since the treatment in question (statute exposure)
- Severity and permanence of the resulting harm
- Whether a specialist has informally suggested a deviation from standard of care
How This Case Type Feeds the Case Readiness Score
Because malpractice claims require expert review before real evaluation, qualification here is less about final scoring and more about triage — quickly separating cases with plausible fact patterns from those that clearly won’t clear a merit review, so intake staff spend time on the former.
This factor sits alongside Workplace Injury Cases: Qualification Criteria for PI Firms and Wrongful Death Claims: Sensitive and Accurate Intake in the Case-Type Qualification Guides cluster, and connects forward to Time-Since-Incident: Why Timing Changes Case Priority in Lead Scoring Methodology.
FAQ
Does this replace a human decision on case-type qualification guides?
No. It narrows down what a human reviews first. Signals like these route a submission into a priority tier; a staff member still makes the final call before a case is accepted.
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