Cases can include motor vehicle accidents, whiplash injuries, dog bites, medical malpractice, electrocutions, amputations, or wrongful death. Whatever type of bodily injury you or a loved one has suffered, if you believe it was caused at least in part by the negligence of another person or entity, please contact us for a free consultation.
Medical Malpractice
When you or a family member are injured or need medical assistance, you are dependent on your doctors and other healthcare providers to help you. When these individuals leave you injured in your time of need, as a result of their professional negligence, you may have a claim for damages. Examples of medical malpractice include:
• surgical mistakes;
• leaving surgical instruments in the body;
• failure to inform the patient of the need for a test;
• failure to perform an appropriate evaluation or examination;
• failure to provide necessary treatment or a necessary test;
• delaying the necessary treatment;
• providing the wrong treatment;
• improper follow-up;
• a misdiagnoses or a delay in diagnosis;
• performing unnecessary surgery;
• infections after surgery;
• nursing negligence;
• improper drug prescriptions;
• failure to refer to a specialist;
• failure to properly monitor a pregnancy, labor or delivery;
• failure to inform you of benefits and risks;
• intentional neglect.
California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA), California Civil Code § 3333.2, permits patients injured by health care providers as a result of medical malpractice, to recover damages for all economic losses, and up to $250,000 for non-economic damages (i.e., pain and suffering).