Experienced Attorneys for Utah Medical Malpractice Victims
The faith we put in doctors and other medical professionals is considerable under many circumstances, but especially when undergoing surgery. When a surgeon fails to meet the standard of care for a given procedure, or a diagnosis is delayed by negligence, the consequences can be devastating.
As attorneys who have won sizable verdicts and settlements in medical malpractice cases, we hold surgeons, anesthesiologists, hospitals and other liable parties accountable for diagnostic mistakes and surgical errors with serious consequences. Contact our Salt Lake City law firm to discuss what happened to you or a loved one and whether legal action may be appropriate.
Investigating Diagnostics, Complications, and Reasons for Surgical Errors
Though not precisely a surgical error, the most common surgery-related problem may be the failure to recognize the need for a critical procedure. When it comes to cancer surgery or intervention to address heart problems, time is of the essence. Other types of surgical error that warrant investigation and sometimes, assertive legal action include:
- Choice of the wrong surgical method or technique, or performance of an unnecessary surgery
- Operating on the wrong limb or organ — as well as other failures in preparation
- Failure to react quickly and effectively to a problem during surgery — such as a nicked blood vessel or other unexpected complication
- Failure to guard against infection in a way consistent with the standard of care
- Leaving surgical instruments or another foreign object in the body
Putting Relevant Legal and Medical Knowledge to Work on Your Case
When a surgical error leading to serious injury or wrongful death is suspected, it is common for doctors and hospitals to deny negligence, point to consent forms the patient or family signed, or both. Calling upon highly qualified medical professionals and experts, our lawyers are determined to contest claims that you signed away your right to proper care or that a major error is simply related to a known, recognized complication of the procedure.
Certainly, all surgery has risks. But you are entirely justified in your decision to turn to our attorneys when the outcome of surgery is tragic and unexpected, and you have a sense that "nothing adds up." For qualified legal counsel on a potential medical malpractice case anywhere in Utah, we encourage you to contact us, the proven legal team of Eisenberg & Gilchrist.
