Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Lexington, KY

Healthcare providers must adhere to a certain standard of care when treating patients. If you or a family member has suffered harm due to a healthcare provider’s carelessness, our legal team is ready to help.

Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare provider fails to take appropriate action. The requirements for a medical malpractice claim are as follows:

• Duty of care: A medical professional is legally obligated to provide patients with a certain level of care. This standard of care is established based on what a practitioner in the same field would have done in the same or similar circumstances.
• Breach of duty: Either through an act or omission, a healthcare provider fails to administer appropriate care.
• Causation: A physician’s act causes a chain of events resulting in injuries (factual cause), and the physician’s actions foreseeably cause the patient harm (proximate cause).
• Damages: As a result of the physician’s carelessness, the patient suffered measurable losses in the form of injuries, emotional trauma, and financial hardship.

Types of Medical Malpractice Cases Our Firm Handles

Misdiagnosis

A misdiagnosis is considered medical malpractice if a reasonable physician under the same circumstances would have correctly diagnosed the patient. In many cases, misdiagnosis results from a physician not taking adequate time to examine the patient and/or order necessary imaging.

Administering the Wrong Drug

This mix-up often happens when a patient is hospitalized or when medical staff are under time constraints to administer medication to an entire wing. No matter the cause, the consequences of a patient taking the wrong medication are often dire.

Surgical Errors

Whether leaving a surgical sponge in a body cavity, operating on the wrong patient, or operating on the wrong body part, surgical errors occur all too frequently. Depending on the gravity of the error, a surgical error may place a patient in worse health than if the person had received no medical care at all.

Anesthesia Errors

An anesthesiologist administers anesthetics to make patients comfortable during surgery. To do so safely, an anesthesiologist must monitor a patient’s heart rate, blood pressure, and other vital life functions and adjust treatment accordingly. If an incorrect dosage is administered, the implications can be life-threatening.

Improper Training of Nursing Staff

Hospitals rely heavily on nurses to administer intravenous fluids and monitor blood pressure and other vitals. If nursing staff are improperly trained, this could result in delays in treatment, ultimately costing a patient’s life.