Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Every day people place their trust and health in the hands of physicians and other medical providers. What happens when these professionals fail to uphold the standard of care, and you suffer because of their mistakes? That's where a law firm like ours comes in. Medical malpractice is a difficult and expensive area of law requiring great legal expertise. Early intervention is essential if you believe that you have been injured by the negligence of a medical provider. An experienced Philadelphia, Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyer at Lundy Law can help.
What is medical malpractice?
Medical malpractice occurs when doctors or hospitals cause injury to a trusting patient by failing to provide acceptable care. A Delaware, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyer knows how to tell if your hospital has not provided acceptable care or if a doctor's mistake has occurred. Contact us for a free consultation. Tell us what happened. We can explain the medical process and help answer your questions.
Are you a victim?
If your doctor, hospital, or pharmacist makes a mistake, and that mistake causes you serious injury, you have been a victim of medical malpractice. Our lives depend on medical professionals. They must be held accountable for careless mistakes.
Ten Questions to Ask Yourself
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Did you or a family member suffer a severe or permanent injury while under the care of a doctor, hospital, or other healthcare provider?
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Did your doctor keep information from you about your medical condition or fail to disclose all the possible risks of your surgery and one of those risks caused you injury?
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Did your insurance company question the appropriateness of specific procedures, tests, or diagnoses that resulted in delaying your treatment or preventing you from getting the best treatment for your condition?
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Did your doctor cause appropriate medical treatment to be delayed by failing to test for and diagnose a disease in a timely manner?
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Did your doctor cause an injury to you or your baby during childbirth?
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Did prescription medication cause you injury?
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Did you suffer injury because the equipment used during medical treatment or surgery was faulty, broken, or handled improperly?
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Did your doctor fail to refer you to an appropriate specialist (such as an orthopedic surgeon, neurologist, or cardiovascular surgeon), and as a result your condition worsened?
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Did your doctor fail to follow up on an abnormal test result or to order the proper test in a timely manner?
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Were you discharged from a hospital or from your doctor's care before you should have been, and as a result your condition or injury worsened?
If you believe you were the victim of medical malpractice, contact the attorneys at Lundy Law immediately. We have representatives standing by 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to take your call as well as offices conveniently located throughout Pennsylvania in Center City, Hunting Park, Blue Bell, and Northeast Philadelphia as well as in Wilmington, Delaware, and Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
