Personal Injury

When someone makes a reference to medical malpractice images are instantly conjured up in ones imagination, on the one hand people think of the increasing cost of medical treatment and high malpractice insurance premiums for doctors, cost of lawsuits and living in a litigious society - but what about the victims?

The Personal Injury attorneys of Garces & Grabler, PC are dedicated to providing quality legal services to those injured as a result of medical negligence.

Most people obviously prefer not to file a legal claim against their doctor or the hospital that treated them. However, if a patient is so seriously harmed and the resulting injuries are life altering - what alternative does an injured person have?

Negligent Birth Injuries

• What do you tell the parents of a child born with cerebral palsy resulting from a negligent birth injury?
• What do you tell the parents who are left to care for a loved one for the remainder of their lives and that of their child?
• Who will bear the cost of the extraordinary medical expenses associated with the long-term care for this type of injury?

Misdiagnosed Cancer

• What do you tell a person who has been misdiagnosed and now has late stage cancer?
• What do you tell that same person who now has to undergo radical chemotherapy or extremely invasive surgical procedures to remove this late stage cancer?
• Who will care and provide for their family?

Surgical Errors

• What do you tell a patient who has undergone a surgical procedure with an intended result and now is left with a catastrophic injury or even death as a result of a surgical error?
• Who will care and provide for their family or cover the extraordinary medical expenses and long-term care associated with these injuries?

In summary, medical malpractice can have a devastating effect that can cause irreparable harm and injury and in some instances even death. The physical, emotional and financial burden can have catastrophic consequences that can last a lifetime.

Medical errors have unfortunately become too commonplace an occurrence. In 2000, The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report claiming that up to 98,000 Americans were dying in our hospitals each year as a result of medical errors. Unfortunately these numbers have increased in recent years.

Medical malpractice is not only limited to physicians. Hospital errors and nursing staff failure to adhere to protocol are another significant area where medical negligence is found.

There is an infinite list of types of malpractice cases, most common causes are:

• Traumas caused at birth
• Prescribing the wrong medication
• Improper diagnosis
• Failure to diagnose or treat cancer
• Post surgical infections caused by a surgical instrument left inside the patient
• Surgical error, such as severing of a nerve or perforating a vital organ

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