Medical Malpractice

If you’ve been hurt by the negligence of a healthcare provider’s care, you are not alone – and I will fight for you. According to a 2011 study by the Journal of the American Medical Association, preventable medical errors led to 225,000 wrongful deaths in a single year, making medical malpractice the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States, following only heart disease and cancer.

Medical malpractice happens when the care provided by a doctor, hospital or other medical provider falls below the accepted standards of medical care and causes harm, resulting in death or serious injury to a patient. This harm can be temporary or even permanent, and result in the loss of income and economic stability. You have the right to file a lawsuit to receive compensation for the personal injury or injuries inflicted upon you or a family member.

These issues can be highly complex, so hiring a knowledgeable and experienced attorney is critical. With 36 years of experience, Laizure Law has earned millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for clients. With my experience in fighting and winning complex cases, I can help you with a variety of medical malpractice issues, including:

Hospital Error:

• Negligent hiring of incompetent doctors and nurses
• Pharmacy errors
• Nursing error, including failure to monitor patients and medication errors

Physician Error:

• Failure to diagnose heart attack, pulmonary embolism, aneurysm, brain tumor, adolescent diabetes, or other ailments
• Misdiagnosing of testicular torsion, cancer, or other diseases
• Failure to properly treat injuries
• Failure to detect failing pacemaker
• Improper placement of devices resulting in injury and death

Emergency Room Error:

• Failure to detect or treat impending heart attack
• Misdiagnosis of fatal infection

Prescription Drug Error:

• Improper administration of medication, such as overmedication with blood thinners
• Use of wrong medication

Surgical Error:

• Improper surgical technique
• Lack of oxygen during surgery
• Anesthesia error in ankle surgery resulting in death
• Surgical implements; leaving foreign objects in the body

Birth Injury:

• Failure to resolve preventable birth defects
• Cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, shoulder dystocia
• Improper use of acetic acid placed in wrong vial
• Arterial laceration during hysterectomy resulting in death

Additional Medical Malpractice Issues:

• Inappropriate chiropractic treatment
• Severe burning of quadriplegics in therapeutic whirlpools
• Defective medical products such as heart stents or implantable defibrillators

Statutes of limitation can affect your ability to file a medical malpractice claim, so don’t wait. If you suspect that medical malpractice has occurred to you or a loved one, please contact me for a free consultation.