Medical Malpractice Lawyers

How The Barnes Firm Helps

Our medical malpractice attorneys have handled cases in all 50 states, and they have the knowledge and experience to get you the best possible result. Our team has the resources to hire expert witnesses, like doctors and surgeons, who can provide evidence and help prove your case.

The Barnes Firm has award-winning personal injury attorneys, with many verdicts and settlements over $1,000,000. Our success, along with the vast resources available for our team has allowed The Barnes Firm to attract talented attorneys who have a track record of winning cases.

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Misdiagnosis

All patients rely on their doctor’s opinion and diagnosis, but when healthcare providers make the wrong diagnosis, patients can suffer serious injury or even death. These are the most common types of medical errors.

What To Do After Misdiagnosis 

Prescription Errors

Prescription drugs are important to the health of millions of Americans. That’s why healthcare providers have a responsibility to prescribe the correct medication and dosage.

Getting The Wrong Prescription

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy can be genetic, or the result of an injury to the developing brain. Many cases of cerebral palsy have been linked to medical malpractice, and more specifically, the failure to identify complications during pregnancy.

What Causes Cerebral Palsy

Anesthesia Lawsuit

When anesthesia is not used correctly, a patient may feel extreme pain, suffer brain damage or other catastrophic injuries. These mistakes not only happen in the operating room; they can also be made during labor and delivery, in pre-op and recovery rooms, or during a dental procedure.

More On Anesthesia Mistakes Here

ER-Hospital Negligence

When doctors, surgeons and other hospital employees do not have the proper skills, or they just simply ignored standard procedures, the hospital could be liable for a patient’s injuries.

Malpractice in Hospitals

Nursing Home Abuse

It is estimated that over 90% of patients at nursing homes have either experienced neglect, or they’ve seen it first-hand. Nursing home negligence happens when a patient is abused, or they do not receive the care they need.

What To Do If You Suspect Nursing Home Neglect

Birth Injuries

When a new parent finds out their child has suffered a birth injury, the news can be heartbreaking and devastating. It can also be frustrating when parents learn that the birth injury could have been prevented.

How A Birth Injury Lawyer Can Help

Erbs Palsy

Erbs Palsy often results in a partial or total paralysis of a newborn child. These usually stem from a difficult birth, but forceful neglect can also be a contributing factor.

What’s Erbs Palsy?

Contaminated Water

Nearby factories often use carcinogens and dangerous chemicals. When these are not handled properly, these dangerous chemicals can seep into your water supply. In almost every case, these mistakes could have been prevented.

Why Is My Water Contaminated?

Pulmonary Embolisms

One of the leading causes of preventable injury and death in hospitals, pulmonary embolisms can result in permanent brain damage is as little as 30 minutes after the first onset of symptoms, which are often misdiagnosed.

How to get compensation after a pulmonary embolism

Heart Attacks & Stroke

Fainting, nausea, sudden headaches, and loss of balance are common symptoms of heart attacks and stroke. Often misdiagnosed, these serious conditions are the leading causes of death in the United States.

Why Are Heart Attacks Misdiagnosed?

Brain Damage

When medical mistakes happen, they can often cause serious damage to the brain. Many brain injuries occur during childbirth when delivery is delayed, or a medical error is responsible for a difficult delivery.

How a brain injury lawyer can help

Medical Malpractice Statistics

From the cost of healthcare to the number of people hospitalized every year, you might be surprised at how common (and expensive) medical malpractice injuries are. Our team has assembled some statistics on the most common preventable injury Americans suffer each year.

Get the statistics.

Medical Malpractice FAQs

Medical malpractice is extremely common, and our team understands that you have questions unique to your situation. We’ve listed some of the most common questions about medical malpractice here.

Frequently Asked Questions