Medical Malpractice Attorney
Medical Malpractice
The Potts Law Firm has extensive experience handling medical malpractice cases, also known as medical negligence cases against doctors, surgeons, hospitals and other health care professionals. Handling of such cases requires unique insight into both medicine and the juries before which such cases are heard. The Potts Law firm has successfully settled and tried to verdict many medical malpractice cases for millions of dollars. To view some of our recent successes go to our results page.
Medical malpractice can take many forms. Some of the most common forms of medical malpractice are listed below.
Failure to Diagnose a Disease or Medical Emergency
Doctors are required to “rule out” all dangerous conditions and are not allowed to “assume” that a patient does not have a dangerous emergency medical condition. One of the most common places for this to occur is in the hospital emergency room. Doctors must consider and rule out dangerous conditions which could be causing a patient’s complaints, pain, or distress. The Potts Law Firm has extensive experience handling the following types of failure to diagnose medical malpractice cases:
- Failure to diagnose heart attack
- Failure to diagnose stroke
- Failure to diagnose brain bleeding
- Failure to diagnose spinal cord injury
- Failure to diagnose infections
- Failure to diagnose hip fractures
- Failure to diagnose cancer
Surgical Errors
Surgeons are required to use the latest surgical techniques and equipment so that surgeries are conducted as safe as possible. Although all surgeries carry some risk, there are certain types of injuries that are almost always avoidable if proper technique is employed. The Potts Law Firm has extensive experience handling the following types of surgical error cases:
- Surgical stapling injuries
- Bowel injuries
- Gallbladder injuries
- Vein punctures
- Nerve injuries
Injuries During Birth & Delivery of a Child
Some of the most serious medical malpractice cases involve injuries that occur to infants during the labor and delivery process. These injuries can occur for a variety of reasons including the failure of the doctor to perform a timely C Section or failure to monitor. Unfortunately, many of the injuries involve the brain and are permanent and life long. The most serious injuries include:
- Cerebral Palsy
- Blindness
- Seizure Disorders
- Mental Retardation
- Inability to Walk
Some times the injury involves the child’s shoulder being subjected to too much force during birth. These injuries called brachial plexus injuries result in often times permanent disfigurement and disability. The Potts Law Firm has vast experience representing children and their families who have sustained permanent injuries due to medical malpractice during the birth and delivery process.
