Medical Negligence

The majority of medical malpractice and medical negligence claims throughout the United States involve doctors and hospitals. Medical negligence is the act or omission in treatment of a patient by a medical professional or hospital, which deviates from the accepted medical standard of care. Medical malpractice involves negligence whereby the doctor, nurse, medical center, or hospital did not take the proper action required at the proper time.

Regarding medical negligence in a hospital setting, it is important to know that most doctors are not employees of the hospital but rather independent contractors. This provides an additional shield of protection for the hospitals against lawsuits. Naming the doctors or nurses in a medical negligence lawsuit in addition to the hospital may be necessary to ensure everyone responsible for the medical malpractice is part of the lawsuit.

In order to demonstrate negligence in medical facilities has occurred or medical negligence with a doctor has occurred, it is important to show the connection between the negligent care and the patient's injury or death. This is where obtaining the services of a leading medical malpractice attorney who understands medicine and how hospitals work, is critical to winning a case or obtaining a settlement favorable to the victim. In addition to being one of the best medical malpractice lawyers in the country, Dr. Fagel is also a licensed medical doctor, with over 10 years experience working in emergency medicine in hospital settings. This powerful combination has given Bruce Fagel the ability to detect where medical negligence or medical malpractice has occurred, even being able to personally decipher complex medical records to see if negligence occurred. In fact, sometimes doctors avoid putting necessary information in medical records to help protect them from lawsuits. This is where a strong background in medicine helps give a medical malpractice attorney an edge in a medical negligence lawsuit.

What is medical negligence:

• a surgical error
• failure to diagnose a medical condition
• failure to diagnose a medical condition in a reasonable amount of time, therefore leading to a worsened condition for the patient
• Failure to follow up with the proper treatment for the patient, therefore resulting in a worsening condition for the patient
• an anesthesia error, including injuries caused to a patient after a successful surgery
• a medication error

Dr. Fagel has successfully won or settled hundreds of medical negligence and medical malpractice cases ranging from birth injuries to brain injuries to nursing home abuse to wrongful death. Medical negligence cases can be very complicated and extremely expensive to pursue. The amount of time, financial resources, medical understanding, and understanding of the law required in a medical malpractice or medical negligence case can be astronomical. The Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel & Associates works on a contingency fee basis, which means if a client does not win the case or obtain a settlement, there is no fee required. If you or a loved one were the victim of medical negligence or medical malpractice, it is critical that you contact the best medical malpractice attorney that understands medicine.