If you or a loved one were injured due to medical malpractice of a doctor, hospital or healthcare provider, a medical malpractice lawyer or attorney may be able to help you recover money from a medical malpractice lawsuit case or settlement claim.
A team of medical malpractice lawyers and personal injury attorneys is investigating potential medical malpractice lawsuit and settlement claims of individuals and their loved ones who have suffered serious personal injuries or death as a result of medical malpractice.
Medical malpractice generally refers to any act or omission by a doctor, hospital, medical professional and other healthcare provider during diagnosis or treatment of a patient that deviates from accepted norms of practice in the medical community and causes an injury to the patient.
Each year millions of individuals are injured and thousands die due to medical malpractice of doctors, hospital, medical professionals and other healthcare providers. According to Johns Hopkins patient safety experts, more than 250,000 deaths per year in the U.S. are due to medical error.
Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Cases
Medical malpractice lawsuit and settlement cases potentially being investigated include claims involving patients who were injured or died because of the negligence, mistake, carelessness, error, or wrongdoing of a doctor, physician, medical professional, hospital or other healthcare provider including:
- Diagnostic errors
- Failure to diagnose disease/illness
- Misdiagnosis of conditions/disorders
- Delayed diagnosis
- Treatment errors
- Failure to treat patient
- Delayed treatment
- Failure to monitor patient
- Surgical errors
- Medication errors
- Failure to obtain consent from patient
- Other medical malpractice lawsuit cases
Medical malpractice cases typically require proof that a medical provider deviated from generally accepted standards of medical practice or failed to conform to the appropriate standard of medical care and that the breach of that duty of care caused injury to the patient.
Medical Malpractice Injury Claims
Medical malpractice injury claims potentially being investigated include claims of patients who suffered serious injury or death as a result of medical malpractice including the following injuries:
- Brain damage
- Cancer
- Spinal cord injury
- Nerve damage
- Coma
- Paralysis
- Quadripelgia
- Paraplegia
- Vascular injury
- Heart attack
- Stroke
- Aneurysm
- Embolism
- Leg injury
- Loss of leg(s)
- Blindness
- Eye injury
- Loss of eye(s)
- Deafness
- Loss of limb
- Amputation
- Loss of kidney
- Loss of lung
- Loss of finger(s)
- Damaged organ(s)
- Loss of organ(s)
- Burn injuries
- Bleeding
- Infection(s)
- Fractures
- Lacerations
- Contusions
- Scars
- Delay in recovery
- Birth injury
- Permanent injury
- Severe injury
- Fatal prognosis
- Death
- Other medical malpractice injury claims
Medical Negligence Of Doctors, Surgeons, Nurses, Hospitals & Other Healthcare Providers
Doctors, physicians, medical professionals, hospitals and other healthcare providers potentially being investigated for medical malpractice lawsuits and settlements include the following types of medical & health care providers, among others:
- Surgery
- Orthopedic surgery
- Plastic surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Opthamology
- Urology surgery
- Cardiac surgery
- Medicine
- Nursing
- Obstetrics/gynecology
- Emergency care
- Oral surgery/dental care
- Radiology
- Anesthesiology
- Other medical services
Time Is Limited To File A Medical Malpractice Case
Deadlines called statutes of limitation and statutes of repose may limit the amount of time that individuals and families have to file a medical malpractice lawsuit case to try to recover compensation for injuries they claim to have suffered due to medical negligence.
This means that if a medical malpractice lawsuit claim is not filed before the applicable time limit or deadline, the injured party may be barred from ever taking legal action or pursuing litigation regarding their medical malpractice injury claim. That is why it is important to connect with a medical malpractice injury lawyer or attorney as soon as possible.
If you or a loved one were injured or died from the medical malpractice of a doctor, physician, hospital or other healthcare provider, you may be entitled to compensation from a medical malpractice lawsuit or settlement. Contact a medical malpractice attorney or lawyer to request a free case review.
*If you or a loved one are experiencing health issues, medical problems and/or medical malpractice injuries we urge you to promptly consult with a doctor or physician for an evaluation.
**The listing of a company or product is not meant to state or imply that the company acted illegally or improperly or that the product is unsafe or defective; rather only that an investigation may be, is or was being conducted to determine whether legal rights have been violated.
***The use of any trademarks, tradenames or service marks is solely for product identification and/or informational purposes.
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