Throughout our lives, most of us are want to have had good service with doctors and nurses. Through those experiences, we have built relationships of trust with our doctors and a view that medical specialists are good people. However, medical malpractice is more common than we want to believe.
When we, or a loved one, has been a victim of negligent medical conduct, the consequences can be horrible. And, in sharing stories of poor medical care, we learn that many other folks in our communities have their own stories of poor medical care. Maybe there is some truth in the words of Napoléon Bonaparte: “Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.”
What is Medical Malpractice in California?
Medical malpractice occurs in California when a medical expert fails to provide treatment within the standard of care, resulting in death or injury. What does that mean? The doctor is negligent if he/she didn’t do what a reasonable doctor would have done.
Types of Medical Malpractice Cases
- Anesthesia Negligence
- Birth Injury
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chest Pain & Shortness of Breath
- Delayed Diagnosis
- Emergency Room Errors
- Failure to Diagnose
- Fetal Distress
- Inadequate Treatment
- Infections
- Informed Consent
- Medication Mistake
- Misdiagnosis
- Cerebral Palsy
- Nursing Malpractice
- Podiatrist Malpractice
- Post-Partum Bleeding & Hemorrhage
- Premature Discharge
- Strokes
- Surgery Injury