Problems Caused by Malpractice

“It should have never happened.” This is one of the first things we usually hear from family members that lose a loved-one due to medical malpractice. Too frequently, because of overbooked surgery facilities - overloaded physician schedules and sometimes physician fatigue, medical mishaps occur. Loved-ones die or are injured for life.

Are you mad because you are not getting straight answers? The Law Firm knows how to protect your evidence and to find the truth. Many times when medical malpractice occurs, hospitals, staff members and physicians do not cooperate. The facts may become clouded and vague, or may not match your memory of the events.

This is where The Law Firm can help. You can avoid the uncooperative spirit of hospitals and physicians who are trained to limit the information they disclose about your loved-one. We know the questions to ask and the medical records to secure.

Medical malpractice is defined as the failure to apply the degree of skill and learning ordinarily possessed and used by members of the same profession in good standing engaged in the same type of medical service or specialty in the same or a similar locality. This may include the following types of medical providers:

• Doctors
• Nurses
• Medical Technicians
• Healthcare providers
• Hospitals
• Clinics
• Nursing Homes

It is not the duty of the medical provider to cure or guarantee a positive outcome from the treatment but rather to provide medical care at the accepted standard of the community or a similar locality. A medical malpractice case revolves around the issue of whether a particular provider has caused damage by violating or breaching the standard of care.

When patients are treated appropriately, they return home to recover, while medical costs and health insurance rates are held at bay. The Law Firm protects victims of malpractice; negligent doctors and supporting staff members are the leading cause of skyrocketing medical costs.

Statistically, a few bad doctors cause a majority of the medical injury that occurs. The Law Firm believes that physicians with bad records should be sanctioned by State Medical Boards and, if necessary, have their license revoked. Consumers should have access to physician malpractice history in order to make informed healthcare choices.