MEDICAL
MALPRACTICE CLAIMS
Doctors and other healthcare providers enjoy a special
position of trust and respect in our society. That position of
trust carries immense responsibility. Doctors, nurses, and other
medical providers must take every precaution and exercise great
care when dealing with a patient’s health and life.
Unfortunately, mistakes among healthcare providers are
inevitable. Some of those mistakes are fatal. Anywhere from
44,000 to 98,000 patients die in hospitals each year from
medical errors that could have been prevented, according to
estimates from two major studies. Medical mistakes claim more
lives each year than car accidents (42,450) or breast cancer
(42,300).
If you or a loved one has been injured by the negligence of a
doctor, nurse, dentist, x-ray technician or other healthcare
provider, contact the Scranton medical malpractice attorneys of Munley, Munley & Cartwright by submitting our
online form today.
Under PA’s medical malpractice laws, doctors or other
healthcare providers may be found liable for malpractice if they
fall below or act outside of the applicable standard of
reasonable medical practice. Medical malpractice takes many
forms, including negligence in the operating room or
misdiagnosis during an initial visit. Wrong site operations are
one common mistake. A wrong site operation means the correct
surgical procedure is performed, but on the wrong organ or body
part. Other times, a procedure is performed on the wrong
patient. There have been numerous examples of doctors removing
perfectly healthy organs from patients or amputating the wrong
arm or leg. In other cases of negligence, foreign objects such
as medical tools or sponges have been left inside patients,
resulting in damage to internal organs.
Common physical injuries that result from malpractice include:
- Disfigurement;
- Loss of limb(s);
- Loss of one or more of the five senses;
- Damage to internal organs;
- Cerebral palsy; and
- Erb’s palsy.
Mental harm may include:
- Emotional trauma;
- Mental anguish;
- Loss of love and affection; and
- Loss of enjoyment of life.
In cases of medical malpractice, the negligent health care
provider may not be the doctor or a nurse. It is possible that
the responsible party is a lab or x-ray technician with
qualifications for operating advanced medical equipment or
interpreting test results.
Only an experienced Scranton medical
negligence lawyer who knows Pennsylvania’s intricate
medical malpractice laws, the rights of individuals, and the
court system can effectively prove your physical or mental
injury case under state laws. Munley, Munley & Cartwright’s
Scranton medical malpractice lawyers will evaluate your case
thoroughly and explore all potential sources of recovery. We
will help you decide your best course of action, and we will
develop the best legal strategy for demonstrating your claim.
Our offices are conveniently located in
Scranton and throughout Pennsylvania. We have the benefit of a local presence in
the legal communities where medical malpractice matters are
litigated. Our goal is to provide exceptional legal services to
our clients.
If you or a loved one have been harmed due to medical
negligence, you could be eligible to receive compensation for
the damages caused to you and your family. The lawyers at Munley,
Munley & Cartwright are experienced and successful medical
malpractice litigators -- we fight to protect the rights of
patients. Contact us online now for a
free claim evaluation or by calling 1 (800) 318-LAW1.
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