med-mal-summary

name	med-mal-summary
title	Medical Malpractice Summary
description	Produces structured medical malpractice case summaries from medical records for personal injury litigation. Extracts chronological care narratives, identifies potential standard-of-care breaches, traces causation, assesses damages, and flags expert needs and statute of limitations issues. Use when evaluating medical negligence claims, onboarding med-mal matters, or assessing case merits during pre-filing or discovery.
author	CaseMark
author_url	https://github.com/CaseMark/skills/tree/main/skills/legal/med-mal-summary
license	Apache-2.0
version	0.1.0
execution_mode	open
jurisdiction	us
practice	personal-injury
language	en
tags	["analysis","litigation","summary"]

Medical Malpractice Summary

Produces a structured med-mal case summary from medical records for attorney case evaluation and litigation planning.

Prerequisites

1. Medical records — hospital charts, physician notes, nursing notes, discharge summaries
2. Diagnostic materials — lab results, imaging/radiology reports, pathology reports
3. Procedure documentation — operative reports, anesthesia records, consent forms
4. Pharmacy records — medication administration records, prescription history
5. Patient intake — chief complaint, date of incident, treating providers, patient demographics

Output Structure

1. Case Overview Table

Field	Content
Patient	Name, DOB, relevant medical history
Date(s) of alleged negligence	Specific dates
Facility/Provider(s)	Names, specialties, roles
Chief complaint / Presenting condition	Initial presentation
Alleged injury/outcome	Summary of harm
SOL flag	Statute date + discovery rule considerations

2. Chronological Care Narrative

For each treatment episode:

Date	Provider (Specialty)	Clinical Findings	Diagnosis	Treatment/Orders	Outcome/Notes
...	...	...	...	...	...

Flag entries with ⚠ where potential standard-of-care issues exist.

3. Standard of Care Analysis

For each identified deviation:

• Provider: Name and specialty
• Action/Omission: What was done or not done
• Expected standard: What a reasonably competent provider in that specialty would have done
• Supporting basis: Clinical guidelines, protocols, or accepted practice (cite where identifiable)
• Severity: Critical / Significant / Minor

Breach categories to evaluate: