Medical Malpractice

Tragic and unexpected results sometimes occur during the course of medical care. Should there have been a better result?

A child is very ill when born and later is diagnosed as having cerebral palsy. A patient dies following routine elective surgery. Many immediately assume the doctor was at fault while some believe it was just meant to be. As lawyers representing patients in Pennsylvania with medical malpractice cases, we know that every bad result is not preventable. On the other hand, many are. The difficulty, of course, is finding out what happened and why.

How do you begin? Start by asking questions. If the answers don't make sense or if you have other suspicions, then perhaps you should seek another professional's opinion, preferably a lawyer whose practice is devoted substantially to medical malpractice cases. We have lawyers here who devote all or most of their time to medical malpractice cases in Pennsylvania. They can obtain and evaluate medical records, and following research and consultation, give an opinion on whether the bad result should have occurred. Doctors working here full time assist in the evaluation and management of cases.