Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice is a very general term used to describe a treatment, lack of treatment, or deviation from a standard of medical care, health care, or the safety of a patient. Bottar Leone, PLLC represents individuals who have suffered injuries as a result of the negligence of a medical care provider. Many of our medical negligence cases involve:
ANESTHESIOLOGY MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to negligent administration of anesthesia and/or failure to monitor the vital signs of a patient under anesthesia.
BED SORES
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to the failure to prevent, monitor for and/or treat bed sores.
BIRTH INJURIES AND BIRTH TRAUMA
Claims for a injuries to mother and baby immediately before, during and/or immediately after childbirth.
CARDIOLOGY MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to the failure to monitor for, prevent, and/or respond to a cardiac event, such as a heart attack.
EMERGENCY MEDICINE MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to the failure to provide reasonable and appropriate care in an emergency room, including testing for and treatment of life-threatening conditions such as a heart attack, stroke, aneurysm and meningitis.
FAMILY PRACTITIONER MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to the failure to order studies, diagnose a condition, interpret studies, and refer a patient to an appropriate specialist.
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to a failure to monitor for a condition and/or the failure to diagnose a condition.
HOSPITAL NEGLIGENCE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to a failure on the part of hospital personnel and/or substandard hospital facilities.
GASTROENTEROLOGY MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to the negligent administration of care for digestive diseases, including endoscopies.
GYNECOLOGICAL MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to negligent care for the female reproductive system, including the uterus, vagina and ovaries.
INFECTIONS
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to an infection, or the failure to prevent and/or treat and infection.
INTERNIST MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to the failure to order studies, diagnose a condition, interpret studies, and refer a patient to an appropriate specialist.
LACK OF INFORMED CONSENT
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to the failure to explain to a patient the risks of a condition or treatment, and available (less risky) alternatives.
MEDICATION ERRORS
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to the administration of the wrong drug, or the correct drug in the wrong dosage.
NURSE MIDWIFE MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to the negligent delivery of a baby, including failing to identify and respond to fetal distress.
NEUROLOGY MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to improper neurological care, including prevention, diagnosis and treatment of brain and central nervous system diseases.
NURSING NEGLIGENCE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to negligent nursing care, including negligent monitoring and a failure to utilize the chain-of-command.
OBSTETRICAL MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to negligent prenatal, perinatal and postnatal care, including pregnancy management, and labor and delivery.
ONCOLOGY MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to the failure to prevent, diagnose and/or treat cancer.
ORTHOPEDIC MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to improper management of an orthopedic injury or condition, such as a fracture, herniation, or joint replacement.
OPTHAMOLOGY MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to negligent care for conditions concerning the eye, including glaucoma, cataracts, cataract removal and LASIK surgery.
OTOLARYNGOLOGY MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to negligent care for conditions affecting the ears, nose and throat.
PEDIATRIC MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to negligent care to children.
RADIOLOGY MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to negligent interpretation of diagnostic studies, such as x-rays, CT scans, and MRIs.
SURGICAL MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to contraindicated or improperly performed surgery, and/or the failure to properly anticipate or respond to surgical complications.
UROLOGY MALPRACTICE
Claims for injury, disability, or wrongful death due to negligent care for conditions affecting the male and female urinary tract, including the kidneys and bladder, and the male reproductive system.
Before commencing suit, the Bottar Leone, PLLC legal team carefully investigates each potential case with a duly qualified expert (as required by law), in order to determine:
- whether a medical care provider was negligent (could the result have been avoided);
- whether the negligence caused an injury; and
- what amount of compensation to seek (what type and how much damage was caused)
The simple fact that a patient suffers harm, or a bad outcome, is not automatically compensable. In fact, in many cases a patient is injured, or left disappointed, through no fault of a medical care provider. A viable medical malpractice suit requires a deviation from an acceptable standard of medical care, damages, and insurance or assets from which to recover.
The trial lawyers at Bottar Leone, PLLC, have decades of experience investigating, prosecuting and trying to verdict all types of medical malpractice cases. If you, your child or a loved one have been injured due to medical malpractice, you, your child and/or your family may be entitled to compensation for lifelong health care, medical expenses, special education, medical bills, loss of income, and pain and suffering.
To discuss your case or concerns with an experienced Central New York medical malpractice attorney, contact us now at (315) 422-3466, (800) 336-LAWS, or by e-mail at info@bottarleone.com.