Utah Medical Malpractice Attorneys

Salt Lake City Medical Negligence Lawyers

Signing a physician's consent form does not indicate consent to substandard medical treatment. At the office of Eisenberg Gilchrist & Morton in Salt Lake City, our Utah medical malpractice lawyers seek to enforce the medical community's responsibility to practice medicine in a sober, focused, and responsible manner.

Medical malpractice can take many forms. In general, if you find yourself in a worse state following medical treatment, it is possible that you have been the victim of medical malpractice. Specific types of malpractice include birth injury, failure to diagnose or misdiagnosis of an illness or injury, failure to perform the correct surgical procedure safely or operate on the correct part of the body, errors in prescribing medication, and delay of medical care resulting in an injury or a worsening of condition.

The statute of limitations, the period of time following an injury in which someone is legally allowed to file a claim, varies according to the state and the type of claim filed. To learn more about their legal rights, residents of Salt Lake City, Utah are advised to contact the Utah medical malpractice lawyers at Eisenberg Gilchrist & Morton as soon as possible following an injury. The sooner our personal injury lawyers are contacted, the greater opportunity they have to collect the required information to successfully establish a case.

If a medication you have been prescribed has caused a severe worsening of your symptoms or has brought on other serious symptoms not previously experienced, it may be the fault not of your doctor but of the medication. As such, our product liability lawyers can help determine the cause of your condition and inform you as to whether those responsible may be liable for damages in a court of law.

There are many types of medical malpractice in addition to those mentioned on this page. At the law offices Eisenberg Gilchrist & Morton in Salt Lake City, Utah, we have the resources and experience to help you determine if an injury you sustained was the result of professional negligence. Our expert medical malpractice lawyers will aggressively investigate and prepare your case so that you stand the greatest chance of receiving restitution for your suffering and losses.

If you have experienced a serious injury due to the negligence of medical professionals in or around Salt Lake City, Utah, please contact the medical malpractice lawyers of Eisenberg Gilchrist & Morton. We will quickly move to investigate your case and inform you on your right to compensation.

Birth Injury

It is an unfortunate fact that preventable birth injuries occur in hospitals throughout the United States, including those in Utah. A birth injury lawyer from our firm can assist victims and their families in coping with the often devastating consequences of birth injury.

Birth injuries are those that are incurred by an infant just before, during, or after delivery. Medical professionals may be held accountable for malpractice if, in the course of assisting childbirth, they cause a serious injury to an infant by failing to provide a reasonable standard of care. Our lawyers are dedicated to helping victims of birth injuries and their families. At the office of Eisenberg Gilchrist & Morton in Utah, you have access to an experienced birth injury attorney who will handle every aspect of your medical malpractice case. A lawyer from our firm will carry out the initial investigation, ongoing research, and litigation in defending you and your child's right to safe and effective health care.

Lawsuits involving birth injuries must be filed within the time limit specified by the statute of limitations. For information on the statute of limitations pertaining to such lawsuits in Utah, contact a birth injury attorney at Eisenberg Gilchrist & Morton. A lawyer from our firm of personal injury experts will be glad to inform you as to whether or not you are entitled to compensation based on your particular case.

It is our goal to make life easier for medical malpractice victims and their families in and around the Salt Lake City area of Utah. A birth injury lawyer at our firm will fully commit to every aspect of litigating your case. The attorney who represents your claim will stay in close contact with you, updating you on your case and informing you about what you can do to help effect a positive outcome. If you are in need of legal representation because your child was the victim of a birth injury in Utah, please contact a birth injury attorney at Eisenberg Gilchrist & Morton.