Las Vegas Medical Malpractice Lawyers Handle Various Types of Cases
April 1, 2012 By Greenman, Goldberg, Raby & Martinez
Las Vegas medical malpractice lawyers can help you determine which type of case you may have:
• Plastic surgery: although agreeing to undergo an elective surgery makes you partially liable for surgical mistakes, you can still receive damages if your surgeon makes an error or botches your plastic surgery.
• Prescription drug errors: several factors can lead to medical malpractice including being given the wrong medication, incorrect dosage, failure to tell patient about foreseeable complications, providing defective medications or filling illegal prescriptions.
• Birth injuries: common medical complications that may warrant a medical malpractice case include cerebral palsy, erbs palsy, brachial plexus, fractures, brain damage and death.
• Surgical errors or misdiagnosis: two types of misdiagnosis are possible—total misdiagnosis where the physician delivers a completely wrong diagnosis, and delayed diagnosis where the patient does not receive proper care due the physician’s failure to diagnose within a reasonable amount of time. Surgical errors include performing the procedure on the wrong body part, leaving instruments inside the patient and causing damage to a healthy internal organ.
Las Vegas Medical Malpractice Lawyers Identify Malpractice (or Not)
Las Vegas medical malpractice lawyers know that you could have a malpractice case if there is evidence of:
• Recklessness: when an individual (or medical professional) should be aware of certain dangers but acts differently.
• Negligence: not performing the proper due diligence or work towards a case, which causes injury or harm to the patient.
• Unacceptable human error: making a blatant error—one that should not have been made, nor would have been made by most of the medical professional’s peers.
While the situation may be difficult for the patient, you may not have a malpractice case in situations such as:
• Worsening condition: although the physician has been treating you, your condition seems to be worsening.
• Untreatable condition: sometimes doctors cannot figure out either how to treat your condition or may find that your condition does not respond to treatment.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Greenman, Goldberg, Raby and Martinez
Having begun as a general practice 4 decades ago, Greenman, Goldberg, Raby and Martinez now practices primarily in personal injury, worker's compensation and social security. Years of experience in a wide variety of legal matters makes us one of the best known law firms in Nevada. Specializing in injury cases, we have served our clients all over Las Vegas, Henderson and all across Southern Nevada.
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Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this publication, it is not intended to provide legal advice as individual situations will differ and should be discussed with an expert and/or lawyer. For specific technical or legal advice on the information provided and related topics, please contact the author.
• Prescription drug errors: several factors can lead to medical malpractice including being given the wrong medication, incorrect dosage, failure to tell patient about foreseeable complications, providing defective medications or filling illegal prescriptions.
• Birth injuries: common medical complications that may warrant a medical malpractice case include cerebral palsy, erbs palsy, brachial plexus, fractures, brain damage and death.
• Surgical errors or misdiagnosis: two types of misdiagnosis are possible—total misdiagnosis where the physician delivers a completely wrong diagnosis, and delayed diagnosis where the patient does not receive proper care due the physician’s failure to diagnose within a reasonable amount of time. Surgical errors include performing the procedure on the wrong body part, leaving instruments inside the patient and causing damage to a healthy internal organ.
Las Vegas Medical Malpractice Lawyers Identify Malpractice (or Not)
Las Vegas medical malpractice lawyers know that you could have a malpractice case if there is evidence of:
• Recklessness: when an individual (or medical professional) should be aware of certain dangers but acts differently.
• Negligence: not performing the proper due diligence or work towards a case, which causes injury or harm to the patient.
• Unacceptable human error: making a blatant error—one that should not have been made, nor would have been made by most of the medical professional’s peers.
While the situation may be difficult for the patient, you may not have a malpractice case in situations such as:
• Worsening condition: although the physician has been treating you, your condition seems to be worsening.
• Untreatable condition: sometimes doctors cannot figure out either how to treat your condition or may find that your condition does not respond to treatment.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Greenman, Goldberg, Raby and Martinez
Having begun as a general practice 4 decades ago, Greenman, Goldberg, Raby and Martinez now practices primarily in personal injury, worker's compensation and social security. Years of experience in a wide variety of legal matters makes us one of the best known law firms in Nevada. Specializing in injury cases, we have served our clients all over Las Vegas, Henderson and all across Southern Nevada.
Copyright Greenman, Goldberg, Raby & Martinez
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Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this publication, it is not intended to provide legal advice as individual situations will differ and should be discussed with an expert and/or lawyer. For specific technical or legal advice on the information provided and related topics, please contact the author.
