Types of Medical Malpractice Claims

Help for Victims of Medical Malpractice in Atlanta, GA

Our firm focuses on the area of medical malpractice and negligence so we can help alleviate the misfortune of those whose trust was betrayed. If you have been injured or lost a loved one from medical malpractice or negligence of a healthcare professional, an experienced Atlanta medical malpractice attorney from our firm can help you recover the compensation you deserve.

What Qualifies as a Medical Malpractice Claim?

Birth Injuries 
There is not much else that can be as devastating as a birth injury to your child. You have waited anxiously for 9 months or more for the moment you can hold your child in your arms. When the tragedy of a birth injury is the result of the actions of a negligent medical practitioner there may be legal actions you can take to pursue justice and compensation.

Gestational Diabetes 
This type of diabetes occurs in pregnant women and can lead to complications during the pregnancy, labor or delivery of the child. Gestational diabetes can be controlled by diet and also through insulin shots, and doctors must be sure to test women appropriately in order to diagnose gestational diabetes early on.

Pediatric Meningitis 
Meningitis requires a specialized test of the spinal fluid to confirm a diagnosis of this serious disease. When the signs show indications that a child may have contracted meningitis, it is the duty of a physician to act responsibly and confirm the diagnosis so that the proper treatment can be taken immediately.

Failure to Diagnose 
When we go to our physician with a physical problem, we expect that he or she will examine us, ask questions and take tests to provide us with a correct diagnosis. A correct diagnosis will bring about recovery as the proper treatment can then be administered.

Injury Caused by Radiation 
Radiation treatments have inherent dangers, but is been used with technological advances to provide a great deal of assistance to doctors, dentists and other healthcare providers in the diagnosis and treatment of illness, disease and injury. Those technicians who are administering it to others can make dangerous errors that lead to serious physical damage.

Anesthesia Error 
Anesthesiologists and other health care providers who administer anesthetics to patients are carefully trained in the precise methods of this important profession. They must also understand the equipment used to administer powerful drugs during surgery, as well as the indications, side effects and other data regarding the anesthetics administered. When their equipment fails them, or they make a grave error, it can cost lives.

Kaiser Medical Malpractice 
Kaiser Permanente hospitals and health care facilities service millions of members every year. They are the largest HMO in the nation. They help millions. As with any organization, they make mistakes and sometimes those mistakes can be devastating to the lives of their patients.

Suicide 
Suicide can have a tragic impact on the family members who are left trying to sort out what went wrong, what could have been done to prevent it and other mysteries. It is important to look at the actions, or inactions, of physicians, psychiatrists and other health care providers leading up to the suicide.

Medication Errors 
Medications are powerful chemicals that change the way the body works and responds. They also affect the mind and emotions. Incorrect dosages of medications can result in serious health complications. Anyone prescribing medications must do so with the utmost care, and careful attention to drug interactions when multiple medications are prescribed.

Emergency Room Errors 
Emergency room personnel must have a high tolerance for fast and effective treatment in unpredictable circumstances. We look to the emergency room personnel to restore order and find solutions to urgent medical problems and injuries.

Cosmetic Surgery Errors 
Cosmetic surgery can be quite profitable for the physician. When those individuals cause harm through negligent and incompetent surgical treatment, they should be held accountable for the effects that they have created.

Surgical Errors 
The profession of surgeon is associated with a high degree of skill and precision. This is required by anyone who accepts the responsibility of this profession. One rightfully expects the accepted level of care from their surgeon and his team in the operating room. When we are let down by those we trusted, there is legal recourse.