Our Michigan medical malpractice lawyers represent patients like you who have suffered injuries due to medical mistakes due to medical malpractice committed by doctors and physicians. These injuries occur when a doctor in negligent in the care or treatment of the patient. This essentially means that the doctor failed to treat the patient in the same reasonable manner like another physician of ordinary skill would do under the same circumstances.
Many of these injuries are very serious, often requiring extensive medical treatment and the need surgeries. When doctor medical malpractice causes a death, it can give rise to a Michigan wrongful death lawsuit.
The most common types of lawsuits against doctors for medical malpractice include:
* Failure to diagnose a medical condition, like a heart attack, stroke, or cancer
* Failure to treat a medical condition, like pneumonia or meningitis
* Failure to refer a patient to another medical specialist, like a cardiologist or neurologist
* Failure to order necessary medical testing, like an MRI or blood testing
* Failure to report testing results to a patient
* Failure to send a patient to the emergency room
* Discharging a patient too early from a hospital
Many times, a patient suffers a significant illness or injury, and even death, even though a doctor has treated a patient properly. A lawsuit can only be filed when there is a medical error or mistake that caused your injury.
Our experienced Michigan doctor malpractice lawyers will review your medical chart and surgery records and determine whether your injury was the result of negligent medical treatment or the result of an illness that could not be prevented. If there was negligence in your care, we will file a lawsuit against the doctor.
If you suspect that you or a family member have been the victim of doctor medical malpractice, you should contact our office immediately to discuss your case. There are strict time limitations for filing medical malpractice cases in Michigan and if you wait too long, your case may be barred forever. Call us now at (800) 606-1717.
You should also request our FREE BOOK, "The Ultimate Michigan Medical Malpractice Handbook, " which explains the legal process in Michigan and what must be proven to win your case. We will send out the book immediately to you.