Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice occurs when a doctor, nurse or another healthcare provider's negligence or recklessness leads to an injury, death or worsened illness. Unfortunately, medical malpractice is one of the leading causes of serious injuries and deaths in the United States.

At The Berkowitz Law Firm, we understand that medical mistakes are devastating events and can lead to a lifetime of disability and hardship. Our experienced legal team serves as tireless advocates for injured patients and their families and aggressively fights to ensure all responsible parties are held accountable for their actions.

Medical Malpractice Injuries

Medical malpractice and negligence can occur in a variety of scenarios, ranging from wrong site surgery to misreading of x-rays or other medical test results. Despite the cause, mistakes made by medical professionals often lead to irreversible, traumatic injuries including:

  • Advancement in the severity of a medical condition such as cancer
  • Birth injuries such as Cerebral Palsy
  • Death
  • Heart attack or heart failure
  • Nerve damage
  • Organ damage
  • Paralysis
  • Surgical infections
  • Traumatic brain injuries

Sadly, 10 percent of all hospital patients are harmed by medical mistakes, many of whom never recover. The experienced medical malpractice attorneys at our firm are dedicated to fighting for such victims and their families and have successfully recovered millions of dollars in compensation for our clients.

Contact a Connecticut medical malpractice attorney with The Berkowitz Law Firm in Stamford, Connecticut or Danbury, CT today to find out how we can help 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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