Bronx Medical Malpractice Lawyer

If you believe you’ve suffered from medical malpractice, you need to act quickly to get legal representation. Many laws protect medical professionals, but they’re not immune to civil cases. Our medical malpractice lawyers in the Bronx can tell you if you have a case and how we can help you seek justice for what happened to you.

Proving Medical Malpractice

The law recognizes that medicine is not a perfect science. No one is immortal, and no medical treatment is perfect. There is always a risk of harm. However, the law also knows that some medical professionals take risks that go beyond normal boundaries.

These boundaries are known as the standards of care. If we can show that whoever treated you violated these standards and you were harmed because of that, then you have a strong case for medical malpractice. You can hold them accountable, get financial compensation, and potentially keep them from harming others in the future.

Starting a medical malpractice case in New York requires the help of a lawyer. It’s rare for a malpractice insurer to pay out without a fight, and starting a malpractice lawsuit in New York requires special documentation and expert testimony. Morelli Law has successfully helped many people win these cases. Let us handle the legalities for you.

Examples of Medical Malpractice

If you’re ever unsure whether what happened to you rises to the level of medical malpractice, speak to our Bronx medical malpractice lawyers for a free consultation. Yet it is helpful to know some of the more common reasons for medical malpractice claims.

Birth Injuries

Injuries to the mother or child during birth are one of the most common reasons for medical malpractice claims. Diseases like Erb’s Palsy, which is often caused by doctor pulling on a baby incorrectly, or misdiagnosing when a C-section is necessary are potential examples of malpractice.

Prescription Errors

Many medications can only be prescribed by a medical professional. So if they make an error in your medications, they could be held liable. For example, a medication may be incorrect, or you could be given the wrong dose, or you may have a recorded allergy in your medical records they ignored.

Treatment Errors

You could have the right diagnosis, but the way they treated the disease put you in a worse situation. A simple example is a broken bone that doesn’t heal correctly because they didn’t treat it correctly.

Failure to monitor is another type of treatment error. Medical staff use many machines and techniques to check for signs of your condition. If they miss a sign because they didn’t monitor you properly, that could open them to liability.

Misdiagnosis or Failure to Diagnose

If a doctor misses signs that lead to a serious health condition, that could become the basis of a lawsuit. This is another common cause for these kinds of cases.

Surgical Errors

There are countless errors that a surgeon can make while you’re under the knife. You have no control over what they do while you’re under anesthesia. If you’ve suffered harm to your health after a surgery, call us immediately for advice.

Failure to Inform About Risks

All medical procedures carry risk, and doctors are required to inform you about those risks so you can give informed consent about anything that happens to you. If you weren’t warned and you’re harmed, you can sue for malpractice. However, you’ll have to show that you wouldn’t have proceeded with the procedure if you knew about the risks.

Proving Medical Error

In many medical malpractice cases, your lawyer will need to call in an expert witness who will examine you and your records to see if there was an error. Medicine is such a specialized field the court may need an expert’s opinion to come to a conclusion.

However, some medical errors are so obvious that they speak for themselves. In fact, there’s a legal term for this, “res ipsa loquitur.” In these cases, our medical malpractice lawyers in the Bronx would not need to hire an expert for your case.

To help get the evidence that you’ve been the victim of medical malpractice, seek further medical attention after you’ve recognized your problem and get documentation about your diagnosis. Then, contact Morelli Law to speak with our medical malpractice lawyers in the Bronx.

Medical Malpractice Results

Proving medical malpractice is difficult, but it is possible. Morelli Law has secured billions of dollars in compensation for personal injury cases, including medical malpractice cases, for victims over our years of service. Here are some notable results:

• $5 million for a woman who entered a medical center for leg surgery and left with severe injuries to her genital area
• $2.45 million to an estate for a woman’s death after a bungled surgery
• $1 million for a 45-year-old man who lost his leg and had to stay bedridden in a hospital for a month due to medical negligence

Not all results are like these, but many medical malpractices cases easily reach into the 6-figure range if we’re successful. Medical costs are extremely expensive, and you shouldn’t have to pay them if the very people who were supposed to heal you caused your injuries. Our Bronx medical malpractice team will be your advocate for justice.

Contact Morelli Law for Medical Malpractice Representation

A medical error could put you through a nightmare of pain and suffering for the rest of your life, and utterly ruin your chances at a financial future. Don’t let a doctor’s negligence do this to you. Fight back by hiring Morelli Law and our team of Bronx medical malpractice lawyers.

For a free case evaluation and consultation, contact us by phone or email to schedule an appointment anytime. We can come to you if you’re still in the hospital. All our services are free until you win compensation with our help. Call now.