EL&C Trial Attorneys

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Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice is the term used to describe the legal action against a medical professional whose conduct has been alleged to be negligent.  Specialties in the practice of medicine are as diverse as the conditions which the specialists treat. However, there is one general issue which is common to all areas of medical practice; that there are standards of treatment accepted within the medical community which must be adhered to when treating patients. The standard of care is typically defined as that level of competence that would be expected of a physician of average skill and ability practicing within the same specialty as the defendant. If the defendant physician does something the average practitioner in the same field of medicine would not have done, or if the defendant physician fails to do something the average practitioner in the same field of medicine would have done, that physician is said to have deviated from the standard of care, i.e., acted negligently.

If you or someone you know were seriously injured as a result of a medical malpractice,  contact us for a free medical malpractice consultation.

Wrongful Birth

• Birth Defects
• Inadequate Prenatal Screening
• Down Syndrome
• Tay-Sachs Disease
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Thalassemia
• Spina Bifida

Labor/Delivery & Neonatal Care

• Cerebral Palsy
• Shoulder Dystocia/Erb’s Palsy
• Klumpke’s Palsy

Surgery

• Anesthesia Accidents
• Informed Consent
• Surgical Mishaps
• PreOperative Clearance/Care Failures

Delayed and MisDiagnosis

• Cancer
• Metabolic Bone Disease
• Wilson’s Disease
• Hemocromatosis

Hospital Malpractice

• Nursing Malpractice
• Delayed and/or Incorrect Treatment
• VA Hospital Claims
• Failures in Emergency Room Treatment
• Testing Errors
• MRSA Infections
• Nursing Home Malpractice

If a healthcare provider commits medical malpractice, and their negligent treatment causes the patient to sustain an injury that is permanent in nature, a civil lawsuit may be brought to seek monetary damages for the patient’s and their family’s losses.
Eichen, Crutchlow, & McElroy handle many complex medical malpractice claims.  Our experience and expertise combined with a Registered Nurse on Staff, vast resources to investigate, research and successfully litigate these diverse medical malpractice claims, result in our firm’s ability to successfully produce optimum results for our clients.