We trust our doctors to perform their work with care. And usually they do. However, when a doctor fails in his or her duty to practice medicine according to accepted standards, and when that failure results in serious injury to a patient, then the patient may have a valid claim for medical malpractice.
Medical malpractice can arise in many situations:
- In a hospital emergency room, due to errors of diagnosis or treatment;
- In a hospital room, when nurses or nursing assistants fail to guard their patients against dangers such as incorrect medication dosages, falls or adverse reactions to prescribed medication;
- In the child delivery rooms, where avoidable errors by obstetricians can result in serious birth defects such as cerebral palsy or brain damage;
- In doctor’s offices, where a misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose a fracture or serious illness like cancer or heart disease can have traumatic and irreversible impact on a person’s life;
- In a hospital or a doctor’s office when there is a failure to make a referral to a physician who is an “expert” in a particular field, such as oncologist (for cancer); an orthopedist (for fractures) or a gastrointestinal “GI” physician (for digestive system situations).
Medical malpractice is a specialized field of law. The experience and medical knowledge required of properly building and bringing a medical malpractice lawsuit to trial means that many lawyers will not even consider taking on lawsuits based on medical negligence.
Generally, if this firm considers accepting a client’s situation for representation on a medical malpractice action, the medical records are gathered and sent to a physician who specializes in the particular field of medicine that applies. This medical expert will review the records and provide an opinion whether a “deviation” from accepted medical practice occurred and what injury resulted from the deviation in that particular situation. This firm has relationships and access to the necessary medical expert to properly evaluate each case.
At this boutique law firm, you will have an experienced Medical Malpractice Attorney fight aggressively for clients whose lives have been devastated by medical errors and mistakes.
Robert Arena, Esq. is ready and willing to take cases all the way into court if we he feels a settlement offer does not give our his client a satisfactory outcome.
