Chicago Medical Malpractice Attorney

Top Illinois Medical Malpractice Attorneys

Patients place their trust in hospitals, doctors, nurses and other medical professionals on a daily basis to provide appropriate and safe medical care to themselves and to their families. Unfortunately, medical malpractice occurs all too often in our hospitals and medical facilities, resulting in serious personal injury or wrongful death. Those afflicted need someone to ensure their legal rights are protected.

For more than 30 years, the Chicago, Illinois medical malpractice lawyers at Passen Law Group have successfully litigated medical malpractice claims for clients throughout Illinois and nationwide. Health care providers should and must be held accountable for the harm caused to patients and families as a result of their negligence. Our Chicago medical malpractice lawyers are committed to helping families and individuals who have sustained major injuries due to medical errors recognize the malpractice, and secure full compensation for their injuries. Call us at (312) 527-4500 for a free consultation with an Illinois medical malpractice attorney.

What Is Medical Malpractice?

Medical malpractice or medical negligence occurs when a doctor, surgeon, or other licensed healthcare provider acts negligently (or deviates from the appropriate standard of care), causing injury or death to a patient. Medical malpractice can be a result of improper treatment, failure to diagnose a condition, failure to properly perform surgery, failure to obtain consent for a procedure, or improper administration of prescription drugs.

Simply because a person was injured as a result of a medical procedure does not mean that medical malpractice has occurred. In most instances, there are complicated medical issues that must be completely evaluated before determining whether medical malpractice occurred. Therefore, it is critical to contact a top medical malpractice lawyer if you suspect a serious injury or death was caused by a medical error or medical negligence.

Examples of Medical Malpractice

Medical professionals owe their patients a duty to treat them according to the appropriate standard of care in the medical community, and with the patient's best interest and health in mind. There are many different types of medical malpractice, including:

• Anesthesia error
• Birth injury, including Cerebral Palsy, Erb's Palsy, and Brain Damage
• Delay in diagnosis or misdiagnosis (diagnosing a heart attack as indigestion for example)
• Failure to detect cancer in a timely manner
• Failure to diagnose a medical condition (including cancer)
• Failure to order necessary exams or tests
• Failure to properly evaluate test results
• Failure to recognize and assess symptoms
• Improper consent before a medical procedure
• Improper prescription of drugs
• Improper treatment of an illness or disease
• Pursuing the wrong treatment
• Surgical error (including over-sedation, puncturing or nicking an organ, nerve or artery, or operating on the wrong body part)

Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

In Illinois, a medical malpractice lawsuit may not even be filed without a sworn written report (i.e. affidavit) from a medical professional in the appropriate field of specialty giving the opinion that medical malpractice occurred and caused injury to the plaintiff. Your Chicago medical malpractice attorney will consult with only the most qualified medical experts in the nation to support your medical negligence case.

Victims of medical negligence are entitled to monetary damages for pain and suffering, medical expenses, lost wages, loss of normal life, and other types of compensation. The constitutionality of a $500,000 cap on non-economic damages in Illinois medical malpractice cases is now before the Illinois Supreme Court. Hopefully, the cap will be held unconstitutional, as it infringes on the right of victims of medical malpractice to receive full compensation for their injuries.

Contact a Top Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Passen Law Group is committed to providing medical malpractice victims and their families with aggressive, yet compassionate, advocacy and support to achieve the best possible result. We have successfully handled numerous medical negligence claims in all areas of medicine. Each Chicago medical malpractice attorney at Passen Law Group possesses the experience, passion, and dedication to assist you in your medical malpractice claim.

For a free consultation, contact a top Chicago medical malpractice attorney at (312) 527-4500 or fill out a Free Case Evaluation.