Overview: Medical Malpractice

According to the Institute of Medicine, medical errors kill over 90,000 Americans each year. Hundreds of thousands more are seriously injured. A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that the great majority of medical errors occurring in hospitals actually go unreported.

Medical Malpractice is the failure of a medical professional or medical facility to meet the standard of good medical practice in areas in which they specialize.

Examples of Medical Malpractice include:

* Birth injuries
* Misdiagnosis
* Failure to diagnose cancer
* Failure to diagnose stroke
* Failure to diagnose heart attack
* Delayed treatment
* Wrong prescription
* Performing a medical procedure incorrectly
* Performing a medical procedure on the wrong area of the body
* Infection due to improper care
* Nursing home abuse

If the medical services you or a loved one were provided failed to meet the standard of good medical practice and an injury or death resulted, you should contact us for a free confidential evaluation of your case.

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