Medical malpractice suits are legal actions taken by aggrieved parties against health care professionals, and or health care organizations, when said aggrieved parties feel they have been the victim of medical malpractice by said health care professionals or organizations. Of the average annual 195,000 hospital deaths or hospital errors that resulted in death, many wind up become the grounds for medical malpractice suits. Birth injury, misdiagnosis, surgical error, anesthetic error, dental negligence, misread test results, wrong treatment, and many more like situations, can all end up becoming the grounds of medical malpractice suits. The courts take medical malpractice suits very seriously, and the awards handed down are usually very high. Psychological harm, physical harm, emotional distress or pain, financial lose, and medical expenses, both current and future, are all things plaintiffs in medical malpractice suits can seek compensation for.