Nationally Recognized Personal Injury Lawyer based in Sacramento, California
Medical malpractice is a negligent act or failure by a health care provider to perform up to the standard of care accepted by the medical community, resulting in injury, damage or loss to a patient and/or his or her family. Medical malpractice may be a surgical error, anesthesia error or medication error. Medical malpractice may be the failure of a doctor to diagnose a major illness like cancer or HIV, or the failure to provide sufficient oxygen during surgery resulting in permanent brain damage.
Medical malpractice attorney Eric Ratinoff has years of success litigating cases on behalf of individuals injured by the professional negligence of medical providers.
Examples of medical malpractice lawsuits:
- Birth injuries
- Brain damage, brain injuries, head injuries
- Medication errors
- Surgical errors
- Failure to diagnose pulmonary emboli
- Radiation injuries and burns
- Negligent intubation
- Erroneous report of HIV positive
- Anesthesia errors
- Hospital-acquired infections
- Transfusion errors
- Unnecessary surgery
- HMO medical malpractice
- Misdiagnosis of Cancer
- Failure to Diagnose Brain Tumors
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