When you seek medical care, you trust that healthcare professionals will follow the accepted standard of care. Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare provider's negligence causes injury or death. These cases are complex and require an attorney who understands both the legal and medical issues involved.
Medical malpractice can take many forms, including surgical errors and wrong-site surgery, misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis, medication errors and adverse drug interactions, birth injuries such as cerebral palsy and Erb's palsy, anesthesia errors, failure to order appropriate tests, emergency room errors, and hospital-acquired infections due to negligent sanitation. Each type of malpractice case requires review by qualified medical experts who can testify about the standard of care.
Medical malpractice cases require proving that the healthcare provider owed you a duty of care through a doctor-patient relationship, the provider breached the accepted standard of care, the breach directly caused your injury, and you suffered actual damages. Expert medical testimony is required in virtually all medical malpractice cases. We work with qualified medical experts in the relevant specialty to review your case and provide opinions on the standard of care.
Medical malpractice cases are among the most difficult personal injury cases to pursue. Healthcare providers and hospitals have well-funded legal teams and insurance carriers. Many states have special procedural requirements, including certificates of merit and pre-suit notice requirements. Statutes of limitations for medical malpractice are often shorter than for other injury claims. Attorney Mike Zara has the resources and experience to take on these challenging cases.
Victims of medical malpractice may be entitled to compensation for additional medical treatment needed to correct the error, lost wages during recovery, permanent disability or impairment, pain and suffering, loss of quality of life, and in fatal cases, wrongful death damages. Some states cap non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases, making it critical to work with an attorney who understands the laws in your state.
Attorney Mike Zara handles medical malpractice cases in all six states where he is licensed: