SAN BERNARDINO MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWYERS
SAN BERNARDINO CALIFORNIA MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE ATTORNEYS

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Medical Malpractice Law in California is such that medical malpractice cases are some of the most difficult and expensive personal injury cases to handle. To prevail in a California medical malpractice law suit it is often necessary to hire very expensive expert medical witnesses to prove your case. It is not uncommon for the litigation costs of a medical negligence case in San Bernardino to run upwards of $50,000.00. If we believe that your case is economically viable, we may carry those expenses for you until the medical negligence case is concluded.

Our San Bernardino Medical Malpractice Lawyers will go through the individual facts of your particular case to determine with you whether or not it is economically feasible and advisable to pursue your medical malpractice claim. A medical malpractice lawsuit may take as long as 3 years or more to conclude, therefore it is imperative that we analyze your situation from the beginning, as there will be a considerable investment of time and expense on your part and ours.

DO YOU HAVE A VIABLE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM OR DAMAGES CASE UNDER CALIFORNIA MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE LAWS?

Before filing a southern California medical malpractice case, there are 4 important questions about your medical negligence claim which must be answered affirmatively.

1. Did the Defendant health care provider (Doctor, Hospital, Nurse, etc.) owe a duty of care to the Plaintiff (injured, harmed patient)?

2. Did the Defendant health care provider breach the duty owed to the Plaintiff patient by rendering care that was below the acceptable standard of care in the San Bernardino community?

3. Did the sub-standard care rendered by the health care provider actually cause the damages allegedly suffered by the Plaintiff?

4. Did the Plaintiff suffer direct damages as a result of some malfeasance on the part of the Defendant?

The first question is usually answered easily. Did the Defendant agree to render care to the patient? If so, then the Defendant assumed a duty to treat the patient with skill, and diligence, and care as exercised by competent and careful health providers in San Bernardino.

Secondly, medical malpractice occurs when a health care provider fails to provide services that would be reasonably expected to be provided by other skilled and competent providers in the community under the same circumstances.

Thirdly, the action or failure to act on the part of the health care provider must have actually caused the injury of which the Plaintiff is complaining. In other words, but for the Defendants action or failure to act, the Plaintiff would not have been injured.

Lastly, the Plaintiff must have suffered direct consequences from the Defendants conduct. Such direct consequences may include lost wages, medical expenses, other economic damages, as well as mental or physical pain.

The economic damages which may be recovered in a California Medical Negligence lawsuit include the cost of medical care, prescriptions and devices, as well as lost wages, lost future earnings and any other out of pocket expenses. A plaintiff in a California medical malpractice case may also recover general or non-economic damages which include pain and suffering. In California, by statute, recovery of non-economic damages is limited to $250,000.00.

WHAT IS INCLUDED AS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE OR MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE IN CALIFORNIA?

California medical malpractice cases are not limited to physicians and surgeons. Medical negligence may be imputed to any doctor, physician, surgeon, MD, DO, chiropractor, physical therapist, nurse, nursing assistant, pharmacist, inhalation therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, dentist, dental assistant, etc. In short, California medical negligence laws may apply to anyone or any facility in the business of providing health care. Hospitals, clinics, laboratories and lab technicians, pharmacies and pharmacy technicians, medical equipment providers and pharmaceutical companies, also may be included in a medical malpractice lawsuit.

The following is a partial list, by no means complete, of the kinds of things that may be considered medically negligent. Failure to diagnose, delayed diagnosis, misdiagnosis, failure to treat, delayed treatment, incompetent treatment, unauthorized treatment, lack of consent to treat, lack of informed consent, birth trauma, birth injury, cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, birth injuries, hospital negligence, nursing negligence, pharmaceutical error, defective medicine, side effects, failure to disclose or warn of possible side effects, medical error, surgical error, medical mistakes, surgical mistakes, chiropractor error, chiropractic mistake, anesthesia error, prescription error, medication mistake, wrong medication prescribed, wrong prescription dosage, overdose of medication, reaction to medication, failure to perform appropriate testing, misinterpretation of lab results, failure to review lab results, failure to take preventative measures for heart attack or stoke, unethical treatment, abusive treatment, and patient abuse. There are many, many more possibilities for medical errors & injury, medical negligence and medical malpractice.

Every case and every set of personal circumstances is unique. We will be more than happy to take the time to discuss your situation with you. Our initial consultation either by phone or in person is absolutely free. Please do not hesitate to call. Our staff members are very caring and responsive. We look forward to being of service to you.

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Picozzi, Nielsen, & Lloyd: San Bernardino Medical Malpractice Attorneys

Our San Bernardino medical malpractice lawyers serve victims of medical negligence in San Bernardino & Riverside counties A San Bernardino medical malpractice lawyer responds to Apple Valley, Barstow, Chino, Chino Hills, Moreno Valley, Colton, Fontana, Hesperia, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Highland, Loma Linda, Montclair, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, Rialto, Riverside, Twentynine Palms, Upland, Victorville, Yucaipa, Yucca Valley.