Medical Malpractice Lawyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Medical Malpractice Attorneys

Two Penn Center Plaza
1500 John F Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1410
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
USA

(215) 789-9346 or(866) 920-0352

(215) 563-6617

www.myphillylawyer.com/PracticeAreas/MedMal.asp

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Silvers, Langsam & Witzman, P.C., also known as MyPhillyLawyer, is a personal injury, medical malpractice and work injury law firm serving Greater Philadelphia and the surrounding area.

With years of experience and many successful settlements and jury verdicts, our personal injury attorneys are well known and respected among insurance company adjusters, opposing counsel and trial court judges. This helps us obtain favorable results for many clients who have been injured or have suffered the loss of a family member due to someone else's negligence.

We dedicate ourselves to providing personalized service. At your free initial consultation, one of our knowledgeable personal injury attorneys will take down all of the facts and assess the strengths and weaknesses of your case. We will help you determine whether you have a viable personal injury or wrongful death claim and what the next step will be.

In their medical malpractice area, the firm is able to provide knowledgeable legal services, which is bolstered by their ability to utilize the expertise of many respected medical experts. These experts are able to provide invaluable medical opinions and testimony in several fields: birth injuries from delivery room mistakes; emergency room negligence; surgical malpractice; post surgical errors; failure to diagnose; and wrongful death.

Silvers, Langsam & Witzman, P.C. provides exemplary legal services to clients who have suffered injury as a result of malpractice by healthcare providers. Their focus is on personal, individual representation. Our firm is committed to representing their clients with all the knowledge, expertise, experience and resources available to them.

Languages: Mandarin; Cantonese; Spanish; Russian; Cambodian; English.

Areas of Law

Additional Areas of Law: Post-Surgical Errors; Emergency Room Mistakes; Misdiagnosis of a Heart Attack; Misdiagnosis of a Stroke; Excessive Wait Time; Improper Diagnosis & Treatment; Radiological Error; Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer; Nurse Malpractice; Psychiatrist Malpractice; Patient's Rights; Elder Care Abuse; Special Needs Abuse.

Areas of Law Description

Our practice areas include, but not limited to the following:

- Birth Injuries

The law office of Silvers, Langsam & Weitzman represents clients in regard to the following kinds of birth injuries: Erb's Palsy; Cerebral Palsy; Shoulder dystocia; Abrupted placenta; Fetal acidosis; Hypoxic injuries; and, Mother's high blood pressure. Our birth injury lawyers offer strong and compassionate representation when acts of negligence have harmed your baby's health. We have the experience and resources to uncover the truth and get your family the financial compensation you need to cope with your baby's birth injury.

- Emergency Room Negligence

The law office of Silvers, Langsam & Weitzman represents clients injured in the emergency due to the following: Misdiagnosed heart attack, stroke, meningitis, diabetic reactions; Excessive wait time that results in complications or injuries; Loss of blood; Medication errors; Surgical errors; Bacterial infection; and, Mishandled childbirth labor resulting in Erb's / Cerebral Palsy.

- Surgical Malpractice

Our team of accomplished attorneys and independent medical experts will work hard toward the goal of getting the compensation you need for the damages you suffered due to surgery complications or surgical error, including: Paralysis or nerve damage; Perforated bowel; Post surgical infection; Internal bleeding; Organ failure; Mistakes during cardiac bypass or other heart surgery; Brain damage or death resulting from brain surgery errors; Botched plastic surgery, circumcision or gastric bypass procedure; and, Injury or death caused by medication error or complications from anesthesia.

- Post-Surgical Errors

The law office of Silvers, Langsam & Weitzman represents clients in connection with the following kinds of post-surgical errors and infections: Infection due to perforated bowel; Post surgical infection; Internal bleeding; Surgical instruments left in a patient; Coma resulting from anesthesia error; Extreme disfigurement; and, Complications from gastric bypass surgery.

- Failure to Diagnose

If you suffered serious consequences from failure to diagnose a serious health threat in Pennsylvania or New Jersey, you may take legal action through filing a medical malpractice personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit. Talk to an experienced attorney at Silvers, Langsam & Weitzman today to discuss your case in a free initial consultation. In many cases, failure to diagnose can be caused by health professionals simply not listening to patients. By not taking symptoms seriously, doctors miss important information and often fail to perform necessary tests and diagnostic studies.

- Nurse Malpractice

When a nurse fails to provide patient care which is standard practice for their position, or they intentionally alter records to cover up a mistake, an RN negligence attorney at our firm offers the resources to meticulously investigate the incident. By interviewing witnesses and consulting with experts in nursing and medicine, we will determine all relevant actions or inactions related to a claim of nurse malpractice.

- Psychiatrist Malpractice

Psychiatrists have a high standard of duty to provide mental health care to their patients without taking advantage of their vulnerable state. Unfortunately, some psychiatrists do just the opposite. They suggest and carry out radical treatment methods, plant false memories, and may even enter into sexual relations with their patients. For an action to be considered true malpractice, a psychiatric doctor must have acted in violation of the standard duty of care. These actions must have caused some form of emotional or physical harm.

- Patients' Rights

Health care providers are required to discuss the treatment they will provide for you and all benefits and risks associated with moving forward or refusing to treat an illness or condition. This is informed consent. You have the right to safe health services delivered in a considerate and respectful manner free from restraint or imposed seclusion for the purposes of abuse or harassment. You also have the right to expect notification if errors or mistakes happen. When health care providers fail to protect your patient rights, our Philadelphia medical accident lawyers are here to help you hold them accountable.

- Elder Care Abuse

We often find that elder care abuse is a result of negligent hiring. Nursing homes and home health care agencies may fail to do adequate background checks on employees hired to care for the elderly. Nursing assistants with long histories of criminal activity or drug abuse are sometimes allowed into the elder care system. This can lead to instances of negligent nursing home care. Our Philadelphia nursing home abuse lawyers have extensive experience uncovering the causes of elder neglect.