[mywittyname]

A frivolous lawsuit costs the patient (or patient's lawyer) a lot. Hospitals get sued all the time and they have an entire legal department staffed and ready to handle subpoenas.

You still have to prove damages. Which means getting treatment from another hospital for whatever mistake was made, then proving that the mistake was caused by the treatment you received at another hospital.

As stated elsewhere, my partner has been named in dozens of malpractice lawsuits and every one she was deposed for she felt was legitimate. There were a few where she told me privately that she hopes the people win.