Category: medical malpractice

I’m sorry to hear that your doctors may have committed malpractice when you were visiting the emergency room. Originally, emergency rooms were designed to provide medical care in true emergencies. However, in recent years emergency rooms have been overloaded with patients who do not have anywhere else to go for medical help. Even if an emergency room is overloaded, all patients who are looking for medical help deserve to be properly diagnosed and treated. If a patient who visits an emergency room is not properly diagnosed or treated, there may be a case for an emergency room malpractice lawsuit.

The number of visits to emergency rooms has skyrocketed in recent years, which has led to greatly increased wait times for many patients. Studies have shown that there is an increased probability of death for patients who visit emergency rooms on high volume days. Some common injuries that can occur in an emergency room can be caused by inaccurate tests, inaccurate medications, delayed treatments, or misdiagnosis. Injuries or deaths that occur because of poor care in an emergency room are not excusable.

If you or a family member has been injured in a Los Angeles emergency room because of negligence, you have the right to pursue a medical malpractice case. You may have a legal right to be compensated for your damages, including past and future medical expenses, lost wages, permanent disability, pain and suffering, and more.

Call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles emergency room malpractice attorney at 310-385-0567 if you have been harmed in an emergency room that you suspect committed malpractice. Medical malpractice cases can be complex, and my team has the knowledge and experience to help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case

I’m sorry to hear about your infection. If a doctor or medical staff members fail to take appropriate actions to prevent the spread of infection during and after an operation, the lives of patients can be placed at risk. If an infection claims the life of a patient or causes a need for further medical care, the patient or his or her loved ones should determine whether negligence was to blame for the complications by speaking with an attorney.

Every day in the U.S., hundreds of people die from surgical site infections. These deaths come despite the implementation of processes to help ensure that measures are being taken to prevent the spread of infection during operations. Some common ways in which patients can contract a surgical site infection include the use of contaminated tools or supplies, rushing the surgery or procedure, and inadequate aftercare.

In some cases, there is nothing a doctor can do to prevent an infection. However, if an infection does develop it should be properly diagnosed and treated. A doctor may do everything correctly and the patient can still develop an infection. However, if it is not properly diagnosed, the infection can lead to organ failure, septic shock, and even death.

If you or a loved one has been harmed by an infection following a surgery in Los Angeles, you should speak with a Los Angeles medical malpractice attorney. Call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles medical malpractice attorney at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case.

I am sorry to hear about your infection after surgery. Normally surgery and the recovery period afterwards can be stressful enough, but to add an infection to that can make a bad situation even worse.

If doctors and other medical professionals do not take the necessary actions to prevent the spread of infections during and after surgery, the lives of patients can be placed at serious risk. Infections after surgery are on the rise in the U.S., most likely because of the increasing numbers of strains of drug resistant bacteria.

Some experts say that about 200 people in the U.S. die every day because of an infection after surgery. Fortunately, there is an increasing awareness about the issue, and many hospitals are putting more procedures in place to help prevent infections. Many infections occur because of negligence on the part of the hospital, doctor, or other medical personnel. The tools may not have been properly sterilized, the hospital environment may have been contaminated, or patients may have been sent home from the hospital without being properly examined.

Often, the hospital and the doctor may have done everything correctly and the patient still got an infection. If a patient gets an infection, normally the patient can make a full recovery if it is treated quickly. If the doctor fails to quickly diagnose the infection, the patient could have very serious complications like shock or death.

If you have developed an infection after surgery, you should speak with an attorney. You may be able to hold the hospital and/or the doctor liable for your injuries. If you are in southern California, call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles medical malpractice attorney at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation.

Huge numbers of surgeries and medical procedures are performed every day under the use of anesthesia. Anesthesiologists may use several different types of anesthesia, such as general anesthesia, local anesthesia, or regional anesthesia, depending on the patient and the type of surgery involved.

When an anesthesia error occurs and a patient is harmed, that harm usually occurs because the staff members failed to monitor the patient before, during, or after the surgical procedure. If an error does occur, it’s not always easy to tell what type of error occurred. Your doctor may need to work with medical experts to determine which types of errors occurred. Often though, errors during anesthesia involve respiratory events or brain damage. Cardiac events are another common problem involving anesthesia.

Fortunately, deaths from anesthesia errors are fairly rare, although they do happen. Studies have shown that the most common cause of death involving anesthesia is an overdose, which can sometimes be attributed to error on the part of the anesthesiologist. Those who do survive an overdose may be left with brain damage or other conditions.

Call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles medical malpractice attorney at 310-385-0567 if you or a loved one has been harmed by an anesthesiologist’s error during surgery. My team can help determine if you have a valid case. Call today to learn more or to schedule your free consultation.

Nursing homes must provide individualized care for each patient. Facilities that care for the elderly, who are one of the most vulnerable populations in this country, must invest the necessary time and resources into making sure that all of their patients’ medical and personal needs are met. When nursing homes fail to meet those needs, patients begin to suffer and can even die.

Unfortunately, neglect is not uncommon among nursing home patients. There is often a systematic problem at the home, where the home is short staffed, the workers are not well-trained, or there is chronic mismanagement. Some signs of serious problems with neglect include bed sores, malnutrition, and dehydration. All of those can occur when employees fail to provide necessary care to patients who are in need.

In more serious situations, nursing homes do not just fail to provide basic care – they may actually harm the patient. Some signs of serious issues with the home include untreated health problems, wandering by the patients, repeated falls, burns, and medication issues. Those situations are particularly serious and should be addressed immediately.

Nursing homes have a legal duty to their patients to provide an acceptable level of care. If that is not provided, loved ones may have a right to seek compensation for their loved ones’ injuries. If your loved one has suffered in a California nursing home, call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles negligence attorney at 310-385-0567. We can help.

I am very sorry to hear that your child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. In some cases, cerebral palsy occurs through no fault of anyone, but in many cases another person or company is responsible for an incident that led to your child developing cerebral palsy. If that occurs, you may be able to bring a lawsuit on behalf of your child for damages. To be successful, you will need to put together evidence and present a solid case at trial.

Typically, in order to win a case involving a cerebral palsy diagnosis, you must be able to prove that your child was injured, that another person or company had a duty to your child that was breached, that the breach of that duty resulted in those injuries, and what types of damages your child has. If you are successful, you may be able to recover damages on behalf of your child. Normally those, damages include compensation for loss of quality of life, pain and suffering, medical expenses, and more.

As mentioned above, in some cases it is no one’s fault when a child develops cerebral palsy. In general, cerebral palsy occurs because of disorders of the brain or injury to the brain. Cerebral palsy can occur before, during, or after childbirth. During pregnancy, there may be oxygen deprivation or another issue. Oxygen to the brain may be affected during childbirth as well. In some cases, cerebral palsy can develop after childbirth as a result of trauma or an infection.

Everyone who develops cerebral palsy is affected differently. The case may be mild, or could affect your child negatively for the rest of his or her life. Your child may lose the ability to speak or to grow. It can affect coordination and reflexes.

If you are in the Los Angeles area and you believe that a third party’s actions were responsible for your child developing cerebral palsy, you should speak with an attorney. Call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles medical malpractice attorney at 310-385-0567. My team can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation.

You may be able to sue your surgeon if you believe your surgery caused damage to your nerves. Unfortunately, often if nerves or the nervous system are damaged, that damage is permanent. During surgery, doctors must be very cautious so that they do not cut the nerves running through the surgical site.

Nerves are critical to the function of the body. The nervous system allows the brain to control all areas of the body. It also allows the brain to know what is happening inside the body and outside the body. The nerves carry signals to the brain to communicate information such as pain, temperature, balance, and more.

Doctors are usually careful to avoid nerves while operating. Surgeons are only human though and they can make cuts in the wrong places. They may damage nerves by cutting them, or they may pinch nerves during surgery. In some cases, a surgical device may be defective. The anesthesiologist may be to blame. Some nerve damage during surgery occurs while administering anesthesia.

Nerves are extremely critical to the operation of the body. If they are damaged, a patient’s life may be negatively impacted. The patient may lose feeling in portions of the body. The patient may become hypersensitive to tingles, pains, and touches. The patient may lose balance and coordination, and could lose feeling in some limbs.

You should speak with an attorney if you have suffered nerve damage during a Los Angeles operation. Medical malpractice may not have occurred. An attorney can help examine your medical records to determine if you have a good case against your health care provider. Call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles medical malpractice attorney, at 310-385-0567. My team can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule your consultation.

Medical malpractice can take a variety of forms. In some cases, it is obvious – a surgical procedure is done incorrectly, and the patient suffers harm as a result. In other cases, it is not as overt. A doctor may fail to follow up with a patient, may fail to review a test result, or may fail to prescribe the right follow-up medication or test.

A failure of a doctor to follow up can lead to catastrophic injuries by the patient or even death. In some cases, a doctor will order a test, but the laboratory will fail to complete the test, or will not send back the results, and the doctor fails to notice. Another common scenario involves the laboratory sending back the lab results to the doctor’s office, but the results are lost in mounds of papers. Unless the doctor or staff follows up, and specifically calls the lab, the patient can fall through the cracks. Most doctors have some type of system that manages follow up, but some do not, and those systems can fail.

It’s critical that patients take an active lead in their medical care. If a doctor orders a test, if the patient doesn’t hear anything the patient should not assume that means that it is good news. If the patient is having symptoms that do not go away, even after the visit to the doctor, the patient should follow up.

If you have been harmed because a doctor failed to follow up on your test results, you should speak with an attorney. Call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles medical malpractice attorney at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case.

It is your obstetrician’s job to monitor the health of both you and your child during pregnancy, and to do everything possible to protect your health. If you or your child suffered a serious injury during pregnancy or childbirth, it could be a result of medical malpractice on the part of your doctor. You may wish to pursue a legal case against your obstetrician for malpractice if that occurs.

There are a number of medical conditions that can impact both a mother and a child during pregnancy. The most common is pre-eclampsia. All qualified obstetricians are aware of the dangerous of pre-eclampsia, and absolutely must be on the lookout for symptoms, the most common of which is high blood pressure. If a mother develops pre-eclampsia and it is not correctly treated, it can lead to strokes or even death.

When pre-eclampsia develops during pregnancy, it can have an impact even weeks after the child is born. In some cases, the mother may suffer a sudden stroke or a seizure after the child is born, which can be the result of pre-eclampsia. In order to avoid tragedy, obstetricians are responsible for testing and monitoring the health of the mother and the child during pregnancy. If there’s a failure to perform these tests, the doctor may be liable for malpractice.

If you believe that your doctor may be liable for medical malpractice related to your pregnancy, call Conal Doyle, Los Angeles medical malpractice attorney at 310-385-0567.  I can help. My team will do a thorough investigation into your case in order to determine what happened. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation.

Most people with health issues will do anything they need to get better. In some instances, a doctor or a surgeon may tell the patient that surgery is the best option or the only option. But what happens when that surgery led to the patient’s condition declining? An attorney can help.

Surgeries also carry some risks – in some cases, minor, and in other cases, major risks. Because of those risks, surgery is often a last resort. Most patients can never truly understand the risks involved in surgery and the odds of success. Therefore, patients rely on experienced surgeons and doctors to understand those risks, the chances of success, and whether other, better options exist.

In some cases, it may take patients months before they realize that they suffered serious injuries as the result of an unnecessary surgery. If you believe something went wrong, you should speak to an attorney right away. Call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles medical malpractice attorney. I will conduct a thorough investigation into your surgery and will help determine whether or not it was a good decision for your health.

I am ready to protect your rights as a patient. Surgery is a major procedure, and it can be devastating to a patient to learn it was unnecessary. Call my team today at 310-385-0567 to learn more about your rights. If your lawsuit is successful, you may be entitled to compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and more.