A retrospective review of medical errors adjudicated in court between 2002 and 2012 in Spain.

Objectives: This paper describes verdicts in court involving injury-producing medical errors in Spain.

Design, Setting And Participants: A descriptive analysis of 1041 closed court verdicts from Spain between January 2002 and December 2012. It was determined whether a medical error had occurred, and among those with medical error (n = 270), characteristics and results of litigation were analyzed.