Medical Malpractice
More people die each year in the United States from medical errors than highway accidents, breast cancer and AIDS.
Medical malpractice and medical negligence are currently the third leading cause of death in the United States.
Doctors and nurses are just like the rest of us – they sometimes make mistakes. And when caregivers make mistakes, they must be accountable for the harm they cause – just like the rest of us. We trust doctors. We need to trust them. When they violate that trust, doctors need to be held responsible.
According to a report from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), approximately 200,000 people in the United States die each year due to mistakes by medical professionals and prescription errors. These errors are described as potentially preventable. It was reported that 12,000 deaths a year result from unnecessary surgery; 7,000 deaths result from medication errors in hospitals; 20,000 deaths are caused by other hospital errors; 80,000 deaths a year result from hospital–borne infections and 106,000 deaths a year from non–error, adverse effects of medications. The study followed an earlier report that stated medical errors should be considered a national epidemic.
More then 13,000 doctors in the United States have been disciplined for serious incompetence or misconduct, including drug abuse, negligence, substandard patient care, Medicaid fraud and patient sexual abuse. According to a study by Washington Health Group, most of those physicians continue to treat patients and retain their licenses. State confidentiality laws make it nearly impossible to find out the background information on a doctor, even if that doctor has been disciplined for incompetence or negligence. Recent studies confirm that a small percentage of doctors are responsible for the vast majority of injuries caused by substandard care. This reaffirms our general perception that most doctors are good doctors, and worthy of our trust.
Our consults on medical malpractice matters are free. We handle such matters on a contingent fee basis, which means there’s no out of pocket expense. We receive compensation out of a winning settlement, not from your pocket.
Examples of cases that we have handled or would consider handling include:
Anesthesia Errors
Brain Injuries
Failure to Consult
Failure to Diagnose Cancer or Illness
Failure to Monitor
Failure to Stabilize
Failure to Treat
Gastric Bypass
HMO/Insurance Claims
Hospital Infections
Birth Injuries
Statistics show that approximately 27 of every 1000 births in the United States results in a birth injury. A “birth injury” is defined as any type of damage to an infant’s body before, during or just after birth.
Complications in the process of pregnancy, labor and delivery can result in a wide variety of complications for a newborn baby. Birth injuries vary greatly – from very minor to being so severe as to cause the death of the infant.
Some common types of birth injuries include skin irritations, temporary paralysis, fractured collar bone, fractured arm; cerebral palsy; brain damage; Erb’s palsy and brachial plexus palsy. The most serious injuries involve damage to the infant’s head, causing brain damage, traumatic brain injury, seizures and mental retardation. These brain injuries are caused by oxygen deprivation or bleeding inside the brain resulting from trauma during pregnancy, labor or delivery.
There are many “natural” circumstances wherein oxygen deprivation can occur during the labor and delivery process: the umbilical cord become compressed or twisted in the birth process, the baby is too large to pass through the birth canal easily, or the baby is breach or sideways in the womb.
Examples of cases that we have handled or would consider handling include:
Brain Damage
Cerebral Palsy
Erb’s Palsy
Mental Retardation
Brachial Plexus Palsy
Incorrect Treatment
Medication Errors
Nursing Home Abuse
Paraplegia
Plastic Surgery
Quadriplegia
Spinal Cord Injuries
Surgical Errors
Surgical Staples
Unnecessary Procedures / Lack of Consent
Wrong-Site Surgery
Wrongful Death
