Sometimes, even experienced healthcare providers make unintentional yet preventable mistakes that have life-changing consequences for those entrusted to their care. If you have suffered serious harm due to the negligence of a doctor, hospital, or caretaker, our medical negligence lawyers at McCloskey Law Center can help you receive financial compensation for your suffering.
For more than 75 combined years, we have been providing strong legal representation to individuals and families that have been harmed or injured due to an act of omission or mistake by a healthcare professional.
Whether unintentional or deliberate, errors must be held accountable. As your medical malpractice attorneys we will help you determine whether you have grounds to file a medical negligence case and guide you throughout the case, which can be stressful and overwhelming to navigate on your own. Call our personal injury law firm in St. Louis at 314-721-4000 or contact us online to schedule a free case evaluation with an attorney today.
We Handle All Types of Medical Negligence Cases
Our medical negligence lawyers have brought different types of cases in which healthcare providers’ failure to exercise reasonable care resulted in injuries and harm to our client. Some of the leading causes of medical negligence we have handled include:
- Surgical errors
- Defective or dangerous medical devices
- Birth injuries
- Wrong diagnosis
- Anesthesia errors
- Nursing home negligence
- Failure to communicate and advise of risks and alternatives
- Retention of foreign bodies, including sponges and needles
- Over or under-prescription
- Misdiagnosis
Medical negligence cases are a complex area of law that requires the expertise and experience of a personal injury attorney. Our medical negligence lawyers help you navigate the legal process and receive justice and compensation you deserve.
How to Prove Medical Negligence in Missouri
To prove that a medical professional committed medical negligence, your case must typically establish the following:
- Duty: This means showing that the medical professional owed the patient a legal duty of care.
- Breach of duty: You must show that the healthcare provider failed to meet the standard duty of care.
- Causation: This involves proving that the healthcare provider’s breach of duty was the reason that the patient suffered harm.
- Damages: The healthcare provider’s actions resulted in economic or non-economic damages, including additional medical expenses, lost wages, lost earning capacity, pain and suffering, and more.
Not all adverse outcomes in a medical treatment are necessarily the result of medical negligence. To prove that a doctor breached their duty of care, our medical negligence lawyers will establish that the average doctor would have acted differently under the same or similar circumstances. We will have an expert medical professional substantiate your claim and show that the medical professional’s failure directly contributed to causing the damage claimed in your petition.
Contact Our Medical Negligence Lawyers for a Free Case Evaluation
At McCloskey Law Center, we are recognized for our long history of successful medical negligence claims. If we are unable to recover compensation, we don’t charge you for our service. But rest assured, we will provide only the best representation, with a commitment to maximize your financial recovery so that you can shift and focus your energy on the more important parts of your life.
To get started with a free case evaluation with our medical negligence lawyer and learn more about similar personal injury settlements we have obtained, contact us online or by phone at 314-721-4000.
