Hospital Negligence

When a hospital or medical facility fails to properly diagnose or treat a patient, it is known as medical malpractice. A person who has been neglected while in the care of a hospital might suffer severe injuries, become disabled, require corrective surgery to fix the mistake, or could experience a wrongful death.

The hospital negligence lawyers at The Berkowitz Law Firm understand that when patients are injured from inadequate medical care, the results can be traumatic. We put the client first and strive to ease the stress of the situation.

What Is Hospital Negligence?

Doctors, nurses, surgeons and caregivers who fail to find a serious medical condition or let a medical condition grow worse without proper treatment can be held liable for their actions.

Negligence can include misinterpreting an x-ray or test result, operating on the wrong body part (wrong site surgery), administering the wrong type or dose of medication, failing to identify symptoms or failing to adequately treat an injury or illness.

Types Of Injuries Caused By Hospital Negligence

Hospital negligence can lead to a number of different types of injuries, including (but not limited to):

  • Birth injuries, like cerebral palsy
  • Nerve damage
  • Organ damage
  • Surgical infections
  • Heart attack and heart failure
  • Brain damage
  • Paralysis and spinal cord injuries
  • Advancement of a disease, like cancer
  • Wrongful death

Contact A Connecticut Hospital Negligent Attorney

When you hire a Connecticut hospital negligence attorney from The Berkowitz Law Firm, you can rest assured we will do whatever it takes to bring justice to your case. If you believe that you or a loved one has suffered a personal injury or wrongful death due to negligence, contact our law firm for an evaluation of your case. Call (866) 314-9352 or send us an email to schedule an evaluation of your 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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