Medical Malpractice is the legal term used to describe negligence on the part of a professional such as a doctor, lawyer, accountant, stock broker, financial advisor, dentist, architect, nurse or engineer. To prove this type of negligence, however, an injured party must retain one or more qualified experts to thoroughly review the case and then give a reasoned professional opinion supporting the claim.
• Brain damage or other neurological injuries to an infant before, during or after birth
• Failing to diagnose cancer or other serious medical conditions (heart attack, fracture, etc.)
• “Wrong site surgery”
• Wrongful death
• Erbs palsy
• Cerebral palsy
• Delay in treating a serious medical condition
• Quadriplegia, paraplegia and other spinal injuries
• Misdiagnosis of serious medical conditions
• Merve damage
• Loss of hearing
• Loss of sight
• Improperly performed medical tests or surgery
• Unnecessary surgery
• Failing to properly monitor a patient
• Failing to obtain a patient’s informed consent to perform or not perform a specific medical procedure or surgery
• Cobalt poisoning or overexposure to radiation
• Perforation of a patient’s colon or uterus
• Fistulas
• “Foreign objects” left in patients after surgery or other medical procedures.
