If you have experienced physical injury or harm because of negligent or reckless behavior by a medical professional, you may have a case for medical malpractice. Depending on the circumstances of your injury, a doctor may not be the only one liable for your suffering. Because proper patient care is often multi-tiered and depends on the responsibility and attentiveness of multiple medical professionals, establishing liability in a medical malpractice case may be challenging, though not impossible.
Physician Liability
Medical malpractice suits against individual doctors are the most common, because doctors often bear singular responsibility for skillfully and intently safeguarding their patients’ health. This does not necessarily mean the doctor involved can be sued for medical malpractice whenever a treatment has an undesirable or unfortunate result. However, patients can be seriously harmed when doctors neglect to follow proper safety procedures, leave items inside a patient’s body after surgery, administer treatment for the wrong medical condition, or otherwise fail to exercise appropriate care. In such cases, a patient may be able to make a viable case for their doctor’s negligence or recklessness.
Nurse Liability
Nurses can also be sued for medical malpractice if their failure to properly perform their duties results in harm to a patient. Nursing malpractice cases often involve injury by medical machinery, improper administration of medication or treatment, creating new or unnecessary wounds, burns, and more. Nurses can also be accused of medical malpractice if they fail to notice when a patient displays symptoms of a serious problem, such as rapid weight gain, dilated pupils, and irregular or labored breathing, and a patient suffers preventable harm as a result.
Hospital Liability
Because hospitals often directly employ nurses, physicians, pharmacists, and other medical professionals, they may also be held liable when a patient is harmed as a result of improper care. Depending on the circumstances of the injury, a hospital and individual practitioner may be simultaneously held liable for damages.
Tough Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Kansas City
When you walk into a doctor’s office, you put your health and wellbeing in their hands. You should be able to trust a medical professional to exercise due caution when treating, diagnosing, and caring for you. If you have been harmed as a result of their failure to do so, our team of Kansas City medical malpractice lawyers is prepared to roll up our sleeves and work to get you the settlement you deserve.
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