If you believe you or someone you love has been injured or suffered due to medical malpractice, our New York-based team of experienced attorneys can help. Please call us at 1.800.966.4999 or fill out the form to the right of the page for immediate attention to your case. We will fight for you!
It is normal to want to place your trust and confidence in the medical professionals, facilities and companies on whom we depend, especially during a time of need.
However, it is important to remember that no medical professional or institution is infallible. Hospitals, physicians, nurses, surgeons, and pharmacists all make mistakes. Unfortunately, their mistakes often result in the death or disability of a loved one, which is why the law requires that they be held accountable.
The bottom line is that neither you nor your family should pay for their mistakes.
Medical Malpractice occurs too often
Medical malpractice mistakes are preventable and are officially defined as "professional negligence where the healthcare provider deviates or departs from the accepted standard of care, causing an injury". Medical malpractice results in disability, maiming, or even death.
These medical mistakes happen across the country with alarming frequency: up to 98,000 Americans are killed every year by medical malpractice, making Medical Malpractice a leading cause of death in the United States.
Medical Malpractice mistakes have life-long consequences
The effects of medical negligence can be devastating. The damage done is often irreversible. Medical injury victims are subject not only to pain and suffering in the short-term, but also to permanent disability and degradation of quality of life.
Even more tragically, medical malpractice can lead to the untimely death of a loved one.
Medical Malpractice errors affect entire families
Medical mistakes that directly involve one family member can negatively impact an entire family. Medical bills pile up. If a wage-earner is the victim, or if a wage-earner is forced to take time from work to care for a victim, loss of income occurs, sending the entire family into upheaval.
Other consequences may include:
1. Loss of parental guidance and nurturing
2. Loss of earnings
3. Loss of household help
4. Loss of health insurance and cost of future medical care
5. Loss of pension
6. Loss of annuity
7. Loss of future social security benefits
8. In a spousal claim, loss of consortium
In short, medical errors and medical injury can undermine an entire family’s security.
Medical Malpractice occurs in every medical specialty
Unfortunately, medical malpractice and medical injuries can occur in any medical field or practice. Common examples of medical errors that might be pursued as malpractice include:
9. Failure to Diagnose Cancer
10. Failure to Diagnose Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
11. Birth Injuries
12. Cerebral Palsy
13. Traumatic Brain Injuries
14. Erb's/Brachial Plexus Palsy
15. Surgical Complications
16. Eye Injuries
17. Gastric Bypass Surgery
18. Laparoscopic Surgery Errors
19. Failure to correctly dispense medication
20. Prescription errors
21. Failure to provide treatment
22. Incorrect or substandard treatment
23. Failure to follow-up on a patient’s condition
24. Failure to refer a patient for specialist care or testing
25. Failure to provide informed consent (informing the patient of risks associated with procedures such as surgery)
26. Anesthesia-related complications
27. Failure to prevent patient injuries on medical facility property
Expert Medical Malpractice Legal Advice
We know how difficult it is to lose a loved one due to natural causes or see a family member suffer in pain because of a medical condition. We also understand the emotional and financial impact is much worse if the death or disability of a loved one could have been prevented by proper medical care.
If you suspect that you or a loved one might be a victim of Medical Malpractice or simply need more information, please contact our team of experienced medical malpractice attorneys at 1-800-966-4999, or fill out the free case evaluation form to the right of your page for an immediate review of your case. We will fight for you!
