Malpractice Law

Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Medical malpractice is an incredibly serious type of malpractice, and healthcare professionals face extreme consequences if found guilty. These professionals are assumed to uphold an expected level of care, putting their patients' best interests above their own. Disregard for a patient’s right to a standard of care can be caused by accidentally negligent acts, purposefully negligent acts, or omission. Damage, disability, or death resulting from recklessness or carelessness when caring for a patient constitutes medical malpractice.

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Malpractice Lawyer: Our Approach

Many believe that medical malpractice is constrained solely to doctors, but the attorneys of Davis Law Group know better. Medical malpractice may be committed by any professional in the healthcare realm, including a hospital governing body, doctor, nurse, or other healthcare professional. Allied health professionals, like chiropractors or psychologists, are included in this definition. Errors include those within diagnosis, treatment, aftercare, and health management. Malpractice suits allow us to hold medical professionals accountable and obtain justice on your behalf.

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Types of Medical Malpractice

Misdiagnosis

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Misdiagnosis is an incorrect or lack of diagnosis, effectively preventing the patient from seeking the appropriate treatment necessary. Additionally, a misdiagnosis may cause a patient to pursue unnecessary treatment, possibly resulting in further harm. Because diagnosing many conditions is difficult, misdiagnosis is considered what another doctor would not have done or reasonably assumed.

Delayed Diagnosis

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Delayed diagnosis, much like misdiagnosis, must be to an unreasonable extent to qualify as malpractice. The doctor or healthcare provided in question must have assessed the patient less competently than another professional would have. A diagnosis delay can affect the course of treatment, but the patient does eventually receive the correct diagnosis.

Failure to Treat

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Failure to treat is when a doctor neglects to recommend adequate treatment, despite having diagnosed the patient’s ailment correctly. These situations tend to arise when doctors are overworked or careless, thus breaching the basic standard of care. Offering no follow-up care or failing to refer a specialist are most common.

Surgical Errors

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Many patients entering a surgical procedure incorrectly believe that their written consent form acknowledging the risks of surgery allows for doctoral mistakes. However, they do not cover negligence. Forms of surgical negligence include incorrect procedure, unnecessary surgery, damage to surrounding tissue, wrong anesthesia amount, using non-sterile instruments, and leaving equipment inside the patient.

Birth Injury

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Birth injuries are incredibly traumatic, and may cause injury or death of the baby, mother, or both. While childbirth itself is when most injuries happen, doctoral negligence during prenatal care is included under this definition. This type of malpractice often results in fully-preventable injuries that now require lifelong medical care.

Medical Product Liability

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We place a lot of responsibility on doctors, but the tools they use can cause problems just as easily. When medical devices malfunction, they result in unnecessary suffering, worsening of a medical condition, or injuries, fatal or otherwise. If the manufacturer knew or should have known their product would cause harm, they are liable to the victims.

Medical Malpractice Lawyer FAQs

Q1.

How do I know if I have a Malpractice case?

Medical malpractice is more than just a bad outcome. There’s only a case if solely the provider’s negligence causes injury or damages to a patient. Even with a case, it is often not worth pursuing minor malpractice incidents because of their cost.

Q2.

What is a Standard of Care?

Standard of Care refers to the degree of supervision and responsibility a doctor or other healthcare employee is expected to provide to a patient. It includes what most if not all medical providers would have done under the same or similar circumstances. Breaching the Standard of Care is the defining factor in determining malpractice.

Q3.

What information does my attorney need?

Medical malpractice cases are stressful, time-consuming, and usually expensive. To pursue one, you must be diligent in your documentation. Often, courts need to see documented injuries, all pertinent medical records, and interviews with the patient, their family members, and their friends.

Q4.

What damages can I receive in a Medical Malpractice case?

If proven, medical malpractice settlements include compensation for general damages, which includes cost of suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, physical and mental suffering, and loss of future earning capacity. Special damages will also be awarded for quantifiable expenses. Some malpractice cases include punitive damages, where compensation is awarded solely to punish the doctor.

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