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Why Choose Clark Perdue as Your Medical Malpractice Lawyer?

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Doctors and other medical professionals have a duty to exercise care. However, even highly skilled professionals can make mistakes. Birth injuries, surgical mistakes and failure to diagnose cancer can be devastating to the victim and family. To protect the legal rights of someone injured through medical negligence, it is wise to consult an experienced Ohio medical malpractice attorney as soon as possible. Within the first week, important physical evidence can be lost, and witnesses may forget important details. Furthermore, strict time limits apply to these claims.

Things You Should Know Before Hiring a Medical Malpractice Attorney

Medical malpractice cases are complex, difficult, and expensive to litigate. They require familiarity with doctors, hospitals, medical procedures and expert witnesses. They require a law firm with the experience and resources to prepare the case properly.

Medical malpractice cases are frequently a battle of experts. Securing the assistance and testimony of qualified experts can be one of the most important, difficult and expensive tasks in preparing and presenting a medical malpractice case. Before hiring Ohio medical malpractice attorneys to represent you in a medical malpractice claim, you should ask the following questions:

How many malpractice cases has the attorney handled in the past two years?
How many cases has the lawyer tried to verdict rather than settled?
How many cases has the lawyer tried in front of a jury.

Other Questions You Should Ask Before Hiring a Lawyer

What to Do Following an Incident of Malpractice

Examples of Medical Malpractice

Clark Perdue has represented many victims with legitimate medical malpractice claims. We do not accept or file frivolous lawsuits. We emphasize that poor medical outcomes occur every day without medical malpractice. Some examples of medical malpractice include:

Case Examples

We have extensive experience as medical malpractice attorneys, and expertise trying these cases in front of juries. For example:

We represented a 51-year-old woman who was admitted to the hospital for abdominal pain. The surgeon assigned to the patient performed surgery to remove her gallbladder. During the procedure, the surgeon injured numerous internal organs, including the liver, portal vein, duodenum, hepatic duct, common bile duct, hepatic artery and spleen, resulting in devastating and permanent injuries. We filed suit against both the surgeon and the hospital for negligence.
We represented a 39-year-old woman who was admitted to the hospital for a total abdominal hysterectomy. During the procedure, the surgeon perforated the patient's bowel and failed to recognize this injury. Over the next several days, the surgeon and hospital staff failed to recognize changes in the patient's condition, resulting in peritonitis and sepsis. As a result of these painful infections, the woman suffered life-altering injuries. We filed suit against both the surgeon and the hospital for negligence.
We represented a 33-year-old woman who was taken to the hospital to deliver her baby son. The physician assigned to her care failed to properly monitor the baby's condition, resulting in oxygen deprivation prior to birth. As a result of the physician's failures, the baby was born with injuries to his brain, kidneys, and other internal organs, all of which permanently altered his life, and the lives of his parents. These injuries were caused by the negligence of the physician and the hospital staff.
We represented the family of 70-year-old woman who died in the long-term care wing of a rural care facility. The patient suffered an infection that went untreated, resulting in the amputation of her leg and her subsequent death. We filed suit against the facility for negligence.
We represented a 47-year-old woman who was taken to the hospital to have her thyroid removed. During the surgery, the physician damaged several adjacent nerves, resulting in paralysis of the patient's vocal cords and impaired speech and breathing. These injuries were caused by the negligence of the surgeon and the hospital.
A 30-year-old woman went into the hospital for an elective C-section. At 8:20 a.m., an anesthesiologist was injecting an anesthetic into her lower back to provide "spinal" anesthesia. The anesthetic is capable of causing heart stoppage if injected into the bloodstream. Unfortunately, rather than injecting the anesthetic into the cerebrospinal fluid, he injected it into a blood vessel, and the patient's heart stopped beating 10 minutes later at 8:30 a.m. She could not be resuscitated. An autopsy was performed. It confirmed that the anesthetic had been injected into the bloodstream. We filed suit against the anesthesiologist for negligence.
A 45-year-old woman entered the hospital for a heart catheterization. The test revealed that there was nothing wrong with her heart, but at the conclusion of the procedure she developed a blood clot in her leg. A vascular surgeon surgically removed the clot, but it redeveloped. The surgeon went home for the evening, despite being paged several times to return. For the entire night the patient's leg had no appreciable blood flow. It turned black, blue and cold. Eventually the leg was amputated above the knee. We claimed that it was because of the surgeon's negligent postoperative care.

Damages

Damages that a victim and the victim's family are entitled to recover may include: hospital and medical expenses; past and future lost earnings; past and future permanent physical disability, such as a limp, scars, loss of a limb; emotional distress, such as depression and anxiety; grief and emotional suffering caused by the death of a loved one; loss of love and companionship caused by the death of a loved one; physical pain and suffering; and loss of enjoyment of life.

Free Consultation

There is never a charge for an initial consultation. For more information about protecting your legal rights, or for a free consultation with an Ohio medical malpractice attorney about your situation, please call or e-mail the law firm of Clark Perdue. We can meet you in your home or at the hospital.

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