Medical malpractice is a legal term and is defined as any treatment, lack of treatment, or departure from accepted medical standards by a health care provider that results in damage to a patient.

When you are ill and seek medical treatment, you place your trust and your life in the hands of the doctor, dentist, nurse or other medical practitioner. Because healthcare workers and providers are subject to strict licensing rules, you fully expect diagnosis and treatment that meets an acceptable standard of medical care.

Medical Negligence

Unfortunately mistakes happen and a variety of circumstances may ultimately harm a patient. Examples of physician and other medical professionals’ errors or negligence include:

• Failure to Diagnose
• Misdiagnosis
• Delayed Diagnosis
• Mistreatment
• Surgical Errors
• Medical Errors
• Prescription/Medication Errors
• Failure to perform appropriate follow-up treatment

Physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, hospitals and healthcare facilities may be held liable, however, not all medical errors or injuries have grounds for a medical malpractice claim.

Despite years of medical education and experience, calculated risks and margins of error are inherent in the practice of medicine. Particular diseases and conditions are difficult to diagnose and, as with numerous forms of cancer, treatment methods may be available but do not provide cures.

If you believe medical error or negligence has caused you serious injury or is responsible for the death of a loved one, you may be able to pursue a medical malpractice claim to recover compensation for damages. Retaining a lawyer as soon as possible is very important. Like other legal claims, a medical malpractice lawsuit is subject to statutes of limitations which vary from one state to another limit the time period in which a claim must be pursed or be forever barred. Also, establishing liability is essential, yet is seldom a simple or straightforward task. A qualified medical malpractice lawyer can investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding the injury or death to find out what went wrong with your medical treatment and determine whether you have a viable case.

Through broad experience, the personal injury attorneys at Bailey & Galyen are well-versed in the complexities of medical malpractice law. Our law firm has the technology, access to medical experts for testimony and the expertise to build substantive medical malpractice cases.

With a strong commitment to excellence in legal service, the attorneys at Bailey & Galyen devote the resources and determination to achieve the best possible results for each of our clients, and are well known for aggressively pursuing the maximum compensation to which clients are entitled under the law.

Licensed in Texas, Florida and Missouri, our attorneys have won significant verdicts for our clients at jury trials, as well as successfully settling medical malpractice suits through arbitration and mediation.

If you have questions about a possible medical malpractice case, please call our office today at 800-529-8008 to arrange a no-cost, no-obligation consultation with a medical malpractice attorney. Or click here to contact us.

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