When a person suffers an injury or illness, you trust your doctor to help you get through the challenges. Sometimes, the actions of a doctor do not lead to the type of outcome expected, and while not often, it may be due to negligence. Medical providers are tasked with doing no harm to their patients, but when that happens to you, it is critical to hire a Buena Park medical malpractice lawyer to help you through the legal process that comes next.
At Simmrin Law Group, we fully understand the challenges you are facing, and we work closely with our clients to provide them with exceptional support and guidance as they are challenged with medical bills, complications, or even the loss of their loved one due to a doctor’s mistakes. Let us help you. Set up a free consultation with a Buena Park personal injury lawyer to discuss your case.
How Medical Malpractice Is Defined
Medical malpractice occurs when a doctor fails to provide the treatment or care that is considered the reasonable standard of care. That means that another doctor in the same situation would not have done what this doctor did to you. Generally speaking, doctors must follow a specific code of conduct and the industry’s best standards in order to provide patients with the best expected outcome.
If the doctor did not follow the customary and accepted way of taking care of your injury or illness, it could be considered medical negligence. Most medical providers have a standard duty of care like this. That includes the doctor treating you, nurses, the hospital, or others who are providing professional medical services to you.
If they fail to provide that care for you, that may lead to malpractice. On TV shows, it is common to see an actor engage in medical care practices that are extraordinary, often using experimental treatments or over-the-top treatments with the expectation of being able to cure a patient. Realistically, doctors and other medical providers must follow a standard level of expected care in providing treatment.
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Examples of Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice can include a wide range of types of actions or inactions that lead to harm. Some examples of this include:
- Delaying to diagnose or treat a patient
- Surgical errors
- Procedural errors
- Failure to treat a patient
- Prescribing the wrong medication
- Administering the wrong medication
- Engaging in an unnecessary surgery or procedure
- Failure to provide the proper dosing of medications
- Not getting a patient’s medical history
- Denying care
- Misdiagnosis
- Failure to obtain consent
Did a case like this lead to your injuries? Perhaps a doctor failed to scrub in properly before a surgical procedure, and you ended up with a life-threatening injury. A doctor may not have operated on the right area of the body.
Sometimes, your medical information is not fully understood, and improper care is given to you, such as being given a medication that doctors know you are allergic to.
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The Doctor Has a Duty of Care to You
To be compensated for the losses you have incurred, a duty of care must be established between the patient and the doctor. Your medical malpractice attorney has to prove the elements of negligence. Those elements include:
- There was a doctor-patient relationship established
- The doctor owes you a duty of care because the doctor-patient relationship is present
- The medical provider violated the duty of care to you
- You suffered losses directly related to that breach of the duty of care
Medical malpractice laws in California are quite complex and can be hard to navigate because of these rules. One key point is making it clear that a doctor-patient relationship exists. Talk to a medical malpractice lawyer in Buena Park today.
ER Doctor Example
For example, if you visit an emergency room, the ER doctor there has established a doctor-patient relationship with you. You are protected against any instances in which that doctor fails to provide care to you according to the standards of established care. However, if a specialist visits you, there may not be an establishment of doctor-patient care right away, and that means pursuing medical malpractice may not be possible.
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How Our Medical Malpractice Attorneys Can Help You
When you are facing losses related to the actions or inactions of doctors, it is critical to have a highly experienced attorney by your side. Our medical malpractice attorney in Buena Park is ready to provide you with exceptional support throughout this process. Here are a few specific ways we can help you.
Determine if You Have a Case
Because medical malpractice laws in California are so complex, it is nearly always necessary to explore whether or not you have a case based on factors such as the evidence available and the circumstances of your case. In Buena Park, our attorneys will work closely with you to get a better understanding of this.
Determine Who Is Responsible
Sometimes, it is not just the doctor caring for you that is responsible. It may be the hospital, nurses, or others who are providing care to you that hold some level of negligence as well. Though these are often very difficult cases, we work hard to ensure that anyone who is responsible is held accountable.
If your loved one died due to medical malpractice we can file a wrongful death claim on your behalf.
Determine Your Losses
Our Buena Park medical malpractice attorney then works closely with you to determine what all of your losses are. That includes pain and suffering, losses related to medical bills, and other challenges you are facing with your health and well-being due to the doctor’s mistakes. Let us help you determine what your long-term losses are.
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Get a Free Consultation with Our Medical Malpractice Attorneys Today
At Simmrin Law Group, you are always going to get a fair, transparent, and clear insight into your legal rights. We are always going to support you throughout this process, and that means giving you clear insight into what your next step is.
Set up a consultation with our Buena Park medical malpractice lawyer now. We will give you an opportunity to tell us what you experienced and why you think it could be medical malpractice. We will then help you to create a legal strategy for obtaining the compensation owed to you. Contact us now for a free consultation.
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