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California Medical Malpractice Lawyers
Serving Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Riverside, San
Bernardino ... A California Medical Malpractice Lawyer is ready to
take your call now!
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE
 Welcome
to our California Medical Malpractice and Medical Negligence
information website. Our California Medical Malpractice Attorneys
stand ready to assist you with the complex issues of medical
malpractice claims and medical negligence lawsuits. A free
consultation with a California Medical Malpractice Attorney is only
a phone call away. CALL NOW! Toll Free at 1-800-221-9591.
Medical Malpractice Law in California is such that medical
malpractice cases are some of the most difficult and expensive
personal injury cases to handle. To prevail in a California medical
malpractice law suit it is often necessary to hire very expensive
expert medical witnesses to prove your case. It is not uncommon for
the litigation costs of a medical negligence case to run upwards of
$50,000.00. If we believe that your case is economically viable, we
may carry those expenses for you until the case is concluded.
Our California Medical Malpractice Lawyers will go through the
individual facts of your particular case to determine with you
whether or not it is economically feasible and advisable to pursue
your medical malpractice claim. A medical malpractice lawsuit may
take as long as 3 years or more to conclude, therefore it is
imperative that we analyze your situation from the beginning, as
there will be a considerable investment of time and expense on your
part and ours.
DO YOU HAVE A CALIFORNIA MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM OR CASE UNDER
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE LAWS?
Before filing a California medical malpractice case, there are 4
important questions about your medical negligence claim which must
be answered affirmatively.
1. Did the Defendant health care provider (Doctor, Hospital, Nurse,
etc.) owe a duty of care to the Plaintiff (injured, harmed patient)?
2. Did the Defendant health care provider breach the duty owed to
the Plaintiff patient by rendering care that was below the
acceptable standard of care in the community?
3. Did the sub-standard care rendered by the health care provider
actually cause the damages allegedly suffered by the Plaintiff?
4. Did the Plaintiff suffer direct damages as a result of some
malfeasance on the part of the Defendant?
The first question is usually answered easily. Did the Defendant
agree to render care to the patient? If so, then the Defendant
assumed a duty to treat the patient with skill, and diligence, and
care as excercised by competent and careful health providers.
Secondly, medical malpractice occurs when a health care provider
fails to provide services that would be reasonably expected to be
provided by other skilled and competent providers in the community
under the same circumstances.
Thirdly, the action or failure to act on the part of the health care
provider must have actually caused the injury of which the Plaintiff
is complaining. In other words, but for the Defendants action or
failure to act, the Plaintiff would not have been injured.
Lastly, the Plaintiff must have suffered direct consequences from
the Defendants conduct. Such direct consequences may include lost
wages, medical expenses, other economic damages, as well as mental
or physical pain.
The economic damages which may be recovered in a California Medical
Negligence lawsuit include the cost of medical care, prescriptions
and devices, as well as lost wages, lost future earnings and any
other out of pocket expenses. A plaintiff in a California medical
malpractice case may also recover general or non-economic damages
which include pain and suffering. In California, by statute,
recovery of non-economic damages is limited to $250,000.00.
WHAT IS INCLUDED AS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE OR MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE IN
CALIFORNIA?
California medical malpractice cases are not limited to physicians
and surgeons. Medical negligence may be imputed to any doctor,
physician, surgeon, MD, DO, chiropractor, physical therapist, nurse,
nursing assistant, pharmacist, inhalation therapist, psychologist,
psychiatrist, dentist, dental assistant, etc. In short, California
medical negligence laws may apply to anyone or any facility in the
business of providing health care. Hospitals, clinics, laboratories
and lab technicians, pharmacies and pharmacy technicians, medical
equipment providers and pharmaceutical companies, also may be
included in a medical malpractice lawsuit.
The following is a partial list, by no means complete, of the kinds
of things that may be considered medically negligent. Failure to
diagnose, delayed diagnosis, misdiagnosis, failure to treat, delayed
treatment, incompetent treatment, unauthorized treatment, lack of
consent to treat, lack of informed consent, birth trauma, birth
injury, cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, birth injuries, hospital
negligence, nursing negligence, pharmaceutical error, defective
medicine, side effects, failure to disclose or warn of possible side
effects, medical error, surgical error, medical mistakes, surgical
mistakes, chiropractor error, chiropractic mistake, anesthesia
error, prescription error, medication mistake, wrong medication
prescribed, wrong prescription dosage, overdose of medication,
reaction to medication, failure to perform appropriate testing,
misinterpretation of lab results, failure to review lab results,
failure to take preventative measures for heart attack or stoke,
unethical treatment, abusive treatment, and patient abuse. There are
many, many more possibilities for medical injury, medical negligence
and medical malpractice.
Every case and every set of personal circumstances is unique. We
will be more than happy to take the time to discuss your situation
with you. Our initial consultation either by phone or in person is
absolutely free. Please do not hesitate to call. Our staff members
are very caring and responsive. We look forward to being of service
to you.
PLEASE CALL US NOW. TOLL FREE 1-800-221-9591 FREE CONSULTATION
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