Medical Malpractice
We Handle Medical Malpractice With Care.
If you’ve been affected by medical errors or negligence, you deserve support from reliable resources who will understand your needs and manage the complexities of your claim.
HelloSettlement ensures you’ll have access to an expert team experienced in securing maximum settlements for patients who did not receive the appropriate standard of care.
From gathering medical records and expert opinions to filing claims and negotiating with insurers, we help streamline every step of the process so you can focus on your recovery.
When you need guidance and advice on how best to navigate medical malpractice cases, we can ensure you have reliable and thoughtful advocates working on your behalf every step of the way.
Failure to diagnose correctly or on time can cause complications, unnecessary treatments, and disease progression, often leading to prolonged suffering to the patient.
Complications during surgery or incorrect procedures—especially those resulting from negligence—can cause organ damage, post-op complications, and retained surgical tools.
Incorrect patient prescriptions, dosages, or medication dispensing can lead to dangerous drug interactions, severe side effects, or life-threatening complications.
Harm to either mother or child by a care provider, such as nerve damage, fractures, or oxygen deprivation can have life-long repercussions for patients and their families.
Mistakes in administering anesthesia including incorrect dosing, failure to properly monitor, improper intubation or positioning can lead to brain damage, paralysis, cardiac arrest, or death.
Infections from improper sterilization, poor sanitation and hygiene, or inadequate post-surgical care, can lead to serious conditions like sepsis, MRSA, pneumonia, UTI’s, and surgical site infections.
Performing medical procedures without fully disclosing risks, complications, and alternative treatment, is a violation of patient rights that can result in unnecessary harm and suffering.
Malfunctioning or improperly placed implants, pacemakers, or prosthetics can lead to implant rejection, internal injuries, chronic pain, and device failure, requiring additional surgeries to fix.
Misinterpretation of imaging like X-rays, MRIs, or CT scans cause delayed or incorrect treatment, missed diagnosis, and the performance of incorrect procedures.
Mistakes in ER settings such as misdiagnosis, delayed treatment, and improper discharge, lead to worsened conditions and additional patient harm due to failures in providing proper care.
Our Process
Instances of Medical Malpractice:
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FAQ
- Compensatory Damages which will cover economic losses like medical expenses, lost wages, loss of earning capacity, and other out of pocket expenses.
- Non-Economic Damages such as compensation for pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of use or impairment of a body part, and loss of enjoyment of life.
- Punitive Damages which can be awarded when a medical professional is shown to have acted recklessly, fraudulently, or maliciously.
You must be able to show that a medical professional failed to provide the appropriate standard of care which resulted in harm. Your HelloSettlement team will prove that the medical negligence or incompetence caused harm and adversely effected your life.
In cases of medical malpractice, the statute of limitations will vary by state. You generally have 1 to 10 years to pursue a medical malpractice claim. Contacting HelloSettlement is the best practice to ensure important evidence is captured right away.