Contact Mitchell S. Sexner & Associates LLC or call 800/996-4824 to speak to an experienced medical malpractice injury lawyer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Since 1990, Mitchell S. Sexner & Associates LLC has held accountable those responsible for our clients’ medical malpractice injuries. Our experienced lawyers represent not only injured victims, but surviving family members throughout the State of Illinois and have years of experience in handling these injury claims.
Medical malpractice refers to an injury resulting from the negligence of a medical treatment provider. Under the law, a patient who is injured by a doctor or other healthcare provider because of substandard care has a right to compensation for his or her injuries. Substandard medical care is care which deviates from certain medical standards which direct how a health care provider should react to a given situation. These medical standards are not contained in any one book. They are generally recognized by competent doctors and health care providers, described in medical journals, and taught in medical schools.
Some of the many forms of medical malpractice include:
- Delayed diagnosis
- Medication errors
- Failure to diagnose
- Wrong diagnosis
- Bad plastic surgery
- Wrongful death
- Wrong site surgery
- Brain injuries
- Nursing home abuse
The experienced medical malpractice attorney can help you identify if an injury or death is the result of such malpractice. This determination of whether a medical professional has met the standard of care must be based on a comparison with other similar professionals in the same field. Doctors and nurses must be held to their duty to provide proper care according to accepted standards of the community and/or the standards of a particular medical specialty.
When medical malpractice has occurred, the injured party should be compensated for:
- Pain and suffering
- Disability
- Debilitating emotional stress
- Loss of income
- Disfigurement
Medical malpractice injuries can be severe and in some circumstances fatal. When not fatal, they still significantly affect the quality of life. Rehabilitation can also be a painful, long ordeal, with expensive health care costs and treatment that can last a lifetime. If a family member has suffered a medical malpractice injury due to the negligence of a medical provider, we urge you to contact a medical malpractice attorney.
Your attorney will always endeavor to keep you fully informed and up-to-date on how your case is progressing and respond promptly to all of your calls.
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