MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
The firm has extensive experience
in medical malpractice and patients’ rights
cases and we consider this to be one of the most important
areas of our practice. Our firm’s successes in medical
malpractice/patient right cases include very substantial
jury awards and settlements in cases involving childbirth,
obstetric and surgical errors, nursing home abuse, failure
to diagnose cancer (a $2 million verdict due to a
failure to diagnose inner ear cancer).
Other successfully resolved medical malpractice
cases include failure to diagnose a bleeding aneurysm
that resulted in a massive stroke, failure to diagnose
breast cancer and most recently absence of
informed consent or FDA approval prior to performing
experimental eye surgery. Currently, the firm is handling
major medical malpractice cases involving:
- Neurology
- Orthopedic surgery
- Failure to diagnose
cancer
- Obstetrics
- Gynecology surgery
- Failure to identify a tumor
on the optic nerve
- Prescription of a drug for
an off label use
A substantial number of our medical malpractice
cases are sent to us by other attorneys who
concentrate their practice in other areas and are aware of
our experience with these types of claims. Claims arising
from medical malpractice or a medical provider’s mistakes
in treatment of patients, diagnosis of illness, or surgical
performance often involve serious injuries. When mistakes
are made by doctors, nurses, or hospital personnel,
the claims by nature are complicated and
proof of liability is complex. Litigation of these claims
requires the knowledge and experience of
attorneys who specialize in these claims. The firm treats
each case as a new challenge offering expertise not just in
development of the legal claim but in understanding,
analyzing and obtaining forceful expert testimony
essential to establishing liability.
In order to successfully maintain a claim
for medical malpractice, both Pennsylvania and New Jersey
law requires expert testimony that is testimony by a physician,
surgeon or medical professional to establish a doctor’s
failure to follow the appropriate standard of care. Prior
to initiating any malpractice action, we verify that
the case can be supported by a board certified physician.
As a result, prosecution of these cases is expensive. However,
we are willing to undertake medical malpractice claims on
a contingent fee basis, with all costs advanced
by us.
If you would like us to evaluate a potential medical malpractice claim
on your behalf, please contact us by telephone at 215-972-1376 or by
filling out the form below.
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