Medical Malpractice Cases
Birth Negligence
We have handled cases where babies were injured as a result of the medical providers failing to properly treat high blood pressure in the mother, thereby resulting in severe defects of the child; cases in which the mother is prematurely discharged from the hospital, cases of meconium aspiration, cases in which the fetal monitoring strip was improperly read, and other birth-related cases. In these cases it is necessary to retain the services of an expert physician; the success of such cases depends, in part, upon the quality of experts whom we select.
Laparoscopic Negligence
While laparoscopic techniques have many advantages, such as not being as invasive as open procedures, there are situations in which an open procedure, and not a laparoscopic procedure, should be utilized and other situations in which a laparoscopic procedure should be converted to an open procedure due to complications. Another area of laparoscopic negligence in which we have been involved in is the failure of a physician to realize that he or she made a serious mistake during laparoscopic surgery, and the subsequent failure to recognize symptoms suggesting that a mistake was made. Lastly, numerous laparoscopies involve a failure to properly visualize the patient's anatomy.
Medical Negligence Resulting in Quadriplegia or Paraplegia
We have handled cases in which negligence during surgery or failure to perform surgery has resulted in paraplegia or quadriplegia. These cases must be handled carefully in both the areas of proving negligence and presenting the damages through a detailed life-care plan.
Emergency Room Negligence
Emergency room negligence frequently includes a failure to properly diagnose and treat a condition, can extend to the credentialing of the emergency room staff and whether the hospital has reasonable policies and procedures. Emergency room negligence cases always require an expert witness who is an emergency room physician or nurse. We were recently successful in litigating an emergency room case in which a poisoning victim was not properly treated.
Surgical Mistakes
While some injuries occur in the absence of negligence, we have handled numerous cases involving surgical negligence, such as a cut ureter, negligence during a gallbladder removal; negligence in severing the femoral artery or sciatic nerve; failure to take advantage of a window of opportunity
for correcting a surgical mishap; and permitting surgical objects to remain in a patient.
The defense which we inevitably face in these cases is that the alleged negligence was a recognized risk of the procedure
and was not the result of negligence. Strong expert testimony is required to rebut this defense.
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