Los Angeles Attorneys for Medical Negligence Claims

What is Medical Negligence?

Medical negligence occurs when a professional in the field of medicine fails to provide a patient with a standard level of care or treatment, leading to injury. Unlike purposeful acts, medical negligence may refer to an act or omission that was entirely accidental and occurred because a doctor forgot to do something or otherwise failed to provide a level of care in accordance with current accepted standards. Medical negligence may relate to virtually any field of medicine, such as psychiatry, cosmetic surgery, plastic surgery, dentistry, and much more. Medical negligence is a form of medical malpractice.

Contacting a Los Angeles medical negligence lawyer is important if you or someone you know was injured because a doctor was careless or reckless in his or her diagnosis, treatment or follow-up care. At Pacific Attorney Group, we represent patients in claims of this kind throughout the Los Angeles area, and we offer a free initial consultation to help you get started.

Consequences of Medical Negligence

Although the exact consequences of medical negligence will vary depending on exactly what occurred, this form of malpractice may lead to a variety of injuries, paralysis, infection, and even the wrongful death of a patient.

In order to determine that medical negligence has occurred, a judge or jury must be able to see that the physician did not treat the patient in accordance with the established standard of care. A lawyer acting on behalf of the patient may be able to prove this by utilizing expert witnesses in medicine to establish what the standard of care should be, and conducting an investigation that uncovers evidence that the doctor did not act as he or she should have.

Find out how you can take legal action in the wake of medical negligence. Contact a Los Angeles medical negligence attorney at our firm today!