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Medical MalpracticeMedical malpractice occurs when a medical professional makes a mistake or fails to exercise an accepted degree of skill which results in an injury or death. A medical malpractice lawsuit can be filed when a wrongful death, or surgical error has occured as a result of a medical procedure.
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Medical Malpractice leaves Thousands Injured every Year
Each and every year thousands of people are injured or die as a result of medical malpractice. A study conducted in 1990 by the Harvard School of Medicine estimated that some 3% of patients treated in New York State Hospitals suffered as a result of some kind of medical mistake which resulted in a serous injury.
 Nationally, the same study estimated that each year over 180,000 people die in scenarios related at least in part to some form of medical malpractice. Public Citizen, the non-profit consumer advocacy organization, estimates that each year 1.3 million injuries are caused by professional negligence, and that more than two thirds of such injuries are preventable.
Many attorneys successfully represent victims of medical malpractice, dental malpractice, hospital negligence and nursing home abuse. However, there are strict statutes of limitations and other rules that vary from state-to-state. In many states, the statute of limitations is a maximum of two years from the date of the incident which resulted in injury or death. So timely filing of a lawsuit is of critical importance in matters of malpractice. If you believe that you or a loved one have been the victim of a medical mistake, medical malpractice, or medical negligence, resulting in injury or death please complete the form below. Malpractice Legal HelpIf you or a loved one has suffered damages due to malpractice, please click the link below to send your complaint to a lawyer to evaluate your claim at no cost or obligation.Posted on Feb-23-05 Updated on Jul-2-09 |
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Washington, D.C. If Attorney and former Navy lawyer Dean Swartz gets what he wants for his client Colonel Adele Connell, Swartz will have succeeded in shutting down a 59-year-old law known as the Feres Doctrine that makes it almost impossible for military personnel to sue for 
Cumming, GA: Attorney Donald Singleton was recently contacted by a woman who believes she was the victim of pharmaceutical malpractice. The potent prescription painkillers she got from her pharmacist for her chronic pain condition turned out to be a heavy dose of anti-inflammatory steroid. “After a few days, the pain she could usually control with her prescription was still there, she was feeling sick and realized the pills in the bottle were the wrong ones,” says Singleton, who is currently investigating the “mis-prescription” as a potential case of pharmaceutical malpractice. [ 
Irvine, CA: You might say that a young California woman who went to court seeking damages as a result of a hip surgery that went terribly wrong, won the battle but lost the war. Her attorney, Sean M. Burke, an experienced personal injury lawyer who has fought many a battle on behalf of people injured through medical malpractice, presented the facts of case, the jury understood and awarded Erica Rockabrand $2.9 million dollars for the botched surgeries that left the young woman to face a life of chronic pain. [ © 2001-2009 Online Legal Marketing. All rights reserved.