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Medical Malpractice often results in patients being disabled, rendered maimed, or deceased. These preventable medical mistakes happen across the country with alarming frequency: up to 98,000 Americans are killed every year by Medical Malpractice, making Med Mal the third leading cause of death in America.

Unfortunately, Medical Malpractice can occur in any medical field or practice. Common examples of medically related errors that might be pursued as malpractice include:

• Failure to Diagnose Cancer
• Failure to Diagnose Heart Attack (Myocardial Infraction)
• Birth Injuries 
• Cerebral Palsy
• Traumatic Brain Injuries
• Surgical Complications
• Eye Injuries
• Gastric Bypass Surgery
• Laparoscopic Surgery Error
• Mishandling of medications (failure to correctly dispense medications)
• Prescription errors (failure of hospital staff or a pharmacist to dispense the right medicine to the right patient in the correct amount)
• Inappropriate or substandard treatment (failure to properly treat a medical condition)
• Failure to provide treatment (failure to provide any treatment or the right type of treatment)
• Failure to follow-up on a patient (failure of a treating physician to check on a patient's condition, or failure of medical staff to inform the treating physician of changes in a patient's condition)
• Failure to Refer (failure to refer to an appropriate specialist or to refer for required testing)
• Failures to informed consent (a medical professional must inform the patient of the risks associated with invasive medical procedures, such as surgery)
• Anesthesia-related complications (failure to safely administer anesthesia)
• Failure to prevent patient injuries (such as falls) on medical facility property

Medical Malpractice is defined as "professional negligence where the healthcare provider deviates or departs from the accepted standard of care, causing an injury. The consequences of medical negligence is devastating. The damage done is often irreversible and can include present and future pain and suffering, the loss of life, loss of parental guidance and nurturing and/or present and future economic losses such as loss of earnings, loss of support, loss of household help, loss of health insurance and cost of future medical care, loss of pension, loss of annuity, loss of future social security benefits, and in a spousal claim, loss of consortium.

It is normal to want to place your trust and confidence in the medical professionals, facilities and companies in which we depend, especially during a time of need.

We know how difficult it is to lose a loved one due to natural causes or see a family member suffer in pain because of a medical condition. We also understand the emotional and financial impact is much worse if the death or disability of a loved one could have been prevented by proper medical care.

However, it is important to remember that physicians, as well as nurses, pharmacists, hospitals and other medical professionals, are not infallible. They make mistakes and the law requires that they be held accountable for it. Unfortunately, their mistakes often result in the death or disability of a loved one. The bottom line is that neither you nor your family should pay for their mistakes.