Fresno Hospital Malpractice Lawyer

A Fresno hospital malpractice lawyer can help patients and their families who have suffered injuries due to a doctor or medical business’s breaches of the standard of care. They serve as zealous advocates throughout litigation or settlement discussions, helping victims secure compensation for damages such as related medical costs from amplifying injury-related conditions, lost personal incomes, out-of-pocket rehabilitation and long term care expenses moving forward, equipment fees, home accessibility redesign elements, and other measurable quality of life losses tied directly back to the initial healthcare breach in duty.

Statistically speaking, about 6.5 million people reside in the Central Valley of California. Many of these residents are served by a variety of hospitals and other medical facilities. The Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel & Associates are ready to evaluate any patient’s case for wrongful death or serious injury caused by unacceptable medical care at these locations.

Fresno Hospital Malpractice Lawyer: Legal Advocacy for Victims

Malpractice claims typically involve a doctor, nurse, or other healthcare provider who fails to uphold accepted standards of care. These include acts such as surgical screw-ups, medication mismanagement, failure to ensure infection control, delays in diagnosing treatable diseases, child delivery mistakes, overnight monitoring negligence allowing a patient’s health to destabilize without intervention when signs appeared, and more.

A medical malpractice claim can be complex and time consuming. Injured adult patients may file a malpractice lawsuit or send a demand letter to Kaiser healthcare providers within one year of their injury. However, Kaiser malpractice claims do not follow the same procedures as traditional medical malpractice lawsuits since its members are required by their insurance contracts to submit their malpractice cases to internal arbitration proceedings rather than pursuing them through the courts.