Cleveland Emergency Room Errors Lawyer
Ohio Emergency Room Negligence Attorney
In an emergency room, every minute counts. Yet ER patients can wait many hours for treatment.
In their rush to get on to the next case, ER doctors and nurses may overlook important symptoms. Patients who need care may be turned away from a hospital and sent home, where they later suffer a life-altering or life-ending medical emergency.
Compensation for Damages Caused by Emergency Room Errors
The medical malpractice attorneys of Mishkind Law Firm Co., L.P.A., in Cleveland, have won millions of dollars on behalf of clients who were injured by emergency room errors and for the survivors of those who died a wrongful death because of ER malpractice.
- Emergency room negligence may include:
- Failure to properly triage the patient
- Failure to treat in a timely manner
- Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis
- Misreading or failure to read a medical chart or lab test results
- Medication or prescription errors
- Failure to refer to the proper specialist
- Failure to diagnose and treat heart attack or stroke
- Failure to diagnose and treat a blood clot or pulmonary embolism
- Failure to adequately staff the ER
Success in Emergency Room Error Claims
Our record of success in emergency malpractice claims includes a $4.1 million settlement involving a newborn with critically high levels of bilirubin who was taken to an emergency room, but was not treated in a timely manner. The child suffered permanent brain damage.
Contact a Cleveland Emergency Room Errors Attorney
To arrange a free consultation with a member of our legal-medical team, please contact us by e-mail, call 216-298-1146 or call toll free 866-558-0231.
