Hospital Mistakes

The Berkowitz Law Firm in Connecticut knows that doctors, nurses and hospitals can make mistakes that greatly affect the health of a patient. A healthcare professional can be negligent in diagnosing or treating a disease, prescribing the wrong medication or dosage, operating on the wrong part of the body, or providing improper care that leads to severe injury or wrongful death.

Our Connecticut medical malpractice attorneys are committed to helping those who are hurt while in the care of a hospital or healthcare provider. Patients have rights when it comes to medical malpractice. If a doctor, nurse, surgeon, or other healthcare provider makes a mistake that causes harm, The Berkowitz Law Firm is here to protect your rights and obtain justice in your case.

Types of Hospital Mistakes

Many times, hospital mistakes can lead to serious injuries that require years of treatment, corrective surgeries and extensive rehabilitation periods.

The Connecticut hospital mistake attorneys at The Berkowitz Law Firm are available to represent clients who have suffered as a result of hospital mistakes, including:

  • Damage to the nerves or nervous system
  • Damage to the organs or an organ system
  • Infections caused by surgery
  • Heart attack and heart failure
  • Traumatic brain injuries
  • Paralysis and other types of spinal cord injuries
  • Birth injuries, such as cerebral palsy
  • Advancement of a disease, such as cancer
  • Wrongful death

Contact a Connecticut Hospital Mistakes Attorney

If you or a loved one has experienced a doctor, nurse or surgeon's error, as well as a hospital mistake in the state of Connecticut, consider hiring a hospital mistake attorney from The Berkowitz Law Firm.

At The Berkowitz Law Firm, our Connecticut hospital mistake attorneys will take care of handling your case so you can focus on rebuilding your health. Contact The Berkowitz Law Firm today to find out how one of our Connecticut hospital mistake attorneys can help you or a loved one with your medical malpractice case.

  • $9,000,000.00 medical malpractice recovery against an obstetrician and a hospital whose failure to timely deliver the infant plaintiff, despite signs of fetal distress, left her severely brain damaged.
  • $6,100,000.00 settlement against a hospital and two physicians on behalf of a client who sustained permanent paralysis following the administration of anesthesia and prior to undergoing an anterior cervical discectomy.
  • $4,750,000.00 medical malpractice award on behalf of a child who sustained brain damage as a result of a hospital's negligent airway management.
  • $4,000,000.00 medical malpractice verdict against a gynecologist who caused the plaintiff to undergo a hysterectomy following a negligent surgical procedure and destroyed her ability to bear children.
  • $3,000,000.00 medical malpractice recovery against an anesthesiologist whose negligent administration of spinal anesthesia left an infant plaintiff profoundly brain damaged.
  • $3,000,000.00 medical malpractice settlement on behalf of a brain damaged newborn against a hospital as a result of the hospital's failure to timely deliver said newborn despite signs and symptoms of fetal distress.
  • $2,600,000.00 wrongful death verdict against a family practitioner and a urologist whose failure to timely diagnose prostate cancer led to the plaintiff's death.
  • $2,500,000.00 settlement against a radiologist for his failure to timely diagnose the plaintiff's spinal tumor which progressed to metastatic late stage cancer.
  • $2,450,000.00 total award against a hospital for its failure to properly restrain a hospital psychiatric patient who jumped out of a hospital window and fell three stories sustaining a permanent brain injury.
  • $2,300,000.00 medical malpractice settlement against a hospital following its failure to diagnose a bacterial infection causing a child to go into respiratory arrest and without oxygen for 20 minutes leading to the child's brain damage.

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