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Medical Malpractice

Our well-balanced team of trial attorneys draws on over 30 years’ experience defending medical malpractice lawsuits, with historic successes trying cases to verdict and defending our results on appeal. We represent health systems, hospitals and other care providers in medical malpractice litigation involving everything from wrongful death and birth trauma to delayed diagnosis and product liability claims. We also have ready access to a stable of experts qualified in the fields of radiology, pathology, internal medicine, biomechanics and other areas paramount to a successful medical malpractice defense.

Medical Malpractice Experience

Our tactical approach and understanding of the specialized medical and legal issues at play in malpractice lawsuits make us powerful allies to our health care clients. Whatever the specific circumstances of the case, we work diligently to protect our clients’ reputations and resolve claims in the smoothest, most efficient manner possible.

Work Highlights 
  • Defense verdict on behalf of a hospital in a case involving an alleged failure to diagnose and properly treat spinal cord compression
  • Defense verdict on behalf of a hospital and its staff physicians in a case involving an alleged failure to diagnose and properly treat a hip facture First Chair
  • Defense verdict on behalf of a primary care physician in a case involving an alleged failure to timely diagnose breast cancer
  • Defense verdict on behalf of an emergency medicine physician in a case involving an alleged failure to diagnose and treat a hemothorax
  • Defense verdict on behalf of an orthopaedic surgeon in a case involving an alleged failure to diagnose and treat Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
  • Defense verdict on behalf of an emergency medicine physician in a case involving an alleged failure to diagnose and treat a myocardial infarction
  • Defense verdict on behalf of a cardio-thoracic surgeon in a case involving an alleged failure to properly treat an aortic dissection

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