Have you or a loved one been harmed by medical negligence at a hospital? This could include misdiagnosis, surgical mistakes, medication errors and childbirth injuries.
Hospital Negligence Lawyer Santa Clara Oregon claims involve any health care provider’s negligent or improper treatment of a patient. These cases typically involve several different types of damages.
Timely Treatment
Physicians and hospitals owe patients a duty to act in accordance with a standard of care. When they breach that duty and cause harm, the patient can seek compensation for damages such as lost wages, medical bills, physical therapy costs, home health services and emotional distress.
Hospital negligence claims present substantial legal challenges compared to other personal injury lawsuits. A victim must prove the doctor-patient relationship existed and that the healthcare provider owed a duty to treat the patient as a reasonable person would under the circumstances. An attorney must also show the identified breach directly caused a patient’s subsequent injuries, medical complications or death rather than pre-existing comorbidities.
Skilled Santa Clara Kaiser Permanente Lawyers can demand accountability from negligent physicians, nurses, technicians and administrative decision makers who worsened outcomes through documented acts of commission or omission in the ER. Our attorneys provide the compassionate guidance, thorough investigation skills and medical insight required to level the playing field against evasive healthcare practitioners and denial-prone insurance claims specialists.
Medication Errors
Medication errors are among the most common types of medical malpractice claims. Physicians and pharmacists can make mistakes with prescriptions for many reasons, including a lack of drug or patient knowledge, being overworked, or simply having a bad day.
Regardless of the reason, these errors can have disastrous consequences. Examples include nurses administering the wrong dosage in a drip, pharmacists dispensing drugs with illegible handwriting and patients suffering adverse drug events (ADEs) such as allergic reactions or toxic drug interactions.
In some cases, the hospital can be held liable for medication errors committed by its employees. For example, if a private practice anesthesiologist commits a medication error while working at the hospital, the hospital can be held vicariously liable. The same is true for hospitals that use independent contractors as part of their staffs. However, those independent providers must be qualified to perform their services. In addition, they must be adequately supervised to ensure that no mistakes are made.
Birth Injuries
Birth injuries can range from minor to fatal, and many of them could have been prevented. Whether your child suffers from bruises, abrasions, brain damage indicated by failure to meet developmental milestones or nerve damage resulting in paralysis of the arm (Erb’s palsy), medical professionals should be able to identify and treat any complications promptly.
Sadly, many of these birth injuries are the result of medical errors or negligence during labor and delivery. This is why working with a skilled Oregon hospital negligence lawyer is essential for families seeking justice and the financial support they need. These cases may involve a missed diagnosis, medication error, or improper use of delivery tools such as forceps and vacuum extractors that can cause physical harm like skull fractures and nerve damage. The attorneys at Moseley Collins Law can help you determine who is liable and secure compensation for your family. We have over 40 years of experience representing victims of medical malpractice.
Failure to Diagnose
Whether due to a physician’s omission or commission of care, failure to diagnose can lead to a host of complications and damages. A medical malpractice attorney can examine your case to determine whether a missed diagnosis qualifies as negligence.
A successful malpractice claim requires a clear showing that the doctor’s action or lack thereof was negligent, and that you suffered from harm as a result. This may include your physical suffering, pain and emotional distress; your losses from out-of-pocket costs such as hospital bills, future surgeries, physical therapy, home health care, loss of wages; and more.
Failing to perform a CT scan, failing vital signs, ignoring a fever, and other emergency room mistakes can lead to worsening conditions, more invasive procedures, serious complications, and premature death that proper evaluation and treatment could have prevented. Skilled Santa Clara hospital negligence lawyers at Moseley Collins Law investigate claims of substandard medical care to pinpoint the doctors and facilities responsible for causing additional damage to your health.