Overview

Compassionate Medical Malpractice Lawyers: Holding Negligence Accountable

Medical malpractice or medical negligence is the term used to identify mistakes made by doctors, hospitals and other medical personnel. Those mistakes often have profound ramifications on a patient and their loved ones.

While patients in the United States benefit from some of the highest-ranking and most capable healthcare providers in the world, over 250,000 acts of medical malpractice happen in hospitals, doctor's offices and nursing homes in this country every year, which cause injuries and is the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer.^{1 2} When health care providers violate the standard of care all patients deserve, you need a skilled legal team to handle your medical malpractice case.

Patients and their families completely rely on doctors, nurses and hospitals to put the patient's health care needs first. This tremendous amount of trust in our healthcare system is not always well placed. Many acts of Malpractice are due to failure to follow protocol, failure to communicate, profits over safety, busy schedules, failure to read the chart and films, failure to follow through, failure to order and interpret films and tests properly, and human error. These acts of negligence can have catastrophic consequences.

Your medical malpractice claim

The consequences of medical malpractice can be devastating, leading to injury, illness and even wrongful death. For example, children are misdiagnosed by overworked doctors, elderly parents are mistakenly given the wrong medications and birth errors lead to life-long challenges. Injured patients struggle with brain damage, heart attacks or similar circumstances. Furthermore, we have also seen and secured justice for those who have had misread x-rays or test results, a breach of doctor-patient confidentiality, drug interactions or overdoses and sub-standard care.

We are currently investigating former Dr. Fabio Ortega for allegations of sexual abuse against his patients during his time as an OB/GYN with Swedish Hospitals and NorthShore University HealthSystem in the Chicago area. To learn more about the investigation, please visit our Dr. Fabio Ortega informational page.

With headquarters in Chicago, Romanucci & Blandin approaches a malpractice action to provide monetary compensation and hold a culpable medical professional or institution financially accountable and responsible for the economic, physical and emotional damages that have occurred.

Our law firm has a team of attorneys and staff who have years of experience with medical malpractice litigation. Our medical malpractice team includes partners who guide the process and share their deep knowledge of these types of lawsuits. Each client and each situation is different, and your claim is treated with great care and respect as the team investigates what happened and determines the best path to justice for you.

At Romanucci & Blandin, our medical malpractice attorneys research the most up-to-date wrongful death laws and hire trained and experienced medical malpractice experts to work as expert witnesses and consultants on your cases. We will evaluate your injury, claim and research the relevant statute of limitations applicable to your case. Whether it is to review medical bills, medical malpractice laws, standard of care and other medical negligence of hospitals, physicians and health care providers, we work to locate and utilize the best medical experts and expert witnesses across the country who are experienced in all the relevant state laws.

We know exactly what to do to litigate your medical malpractice case. We will obtain all necessary medical records, interview witnesses, and prepare thoroughly and meticulously for your day in court. Ultimately, our aim is to obtain the maximum compensation possible so that you and your family can move on with your life.

The results we have achieved in medical malpractice cases are a testament to our team’s dedication to clients. For example, we are proud to have secured justice for a wide range of awards for people: those who have lost loved ones, as well as injured individuals who have had medical mistakes, cause life-altering conditions.

Our results speak for themselves. A number of our medical malpractice verdicts and settlements have set records, achieving the largest dollar amounts for cases of their kind.

We have successfully prosecuted medical malpractice resulting in paralysis, brain injury, cerebral palsy, quadriplegia, amputation, infection, blindness and death. Our team knows how the system works, how insurance companies and hospitals operate, and what judges, juries or mediators need to see to understand your claim.

Our peers have also recognized our work and we are proud to be honored by organizations such as Best Lawyers© and Leading Lawyers Network for our work pertaining to medical malpractice.

Types of medical malpractice claims

The following are some of the types of medical malpractice cases we handle for our clients:

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The medical malpractice attorneys at Romanucci & Blandin have proven success in these types of cases. Please contact our office at 312-458-1000 or click here for a free case evaluation. There is never a fee until you are compensated for your injuries at the end of the case.

Disclaimer: The content found on this page is not legal assistance and contacting the medical malpractice lawyers at Romanucci & Blandin’s law office for a free consultation regarding personal injury cases and medical malpractice claims does not constitute an attorney-client relationship.

Footnotes

1. Study suggests medical errors now third leading cause of death in the U.S. - 05/03/2016. Johns Hopkins Medicine, based in Baltimore, Maryland. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2021, from https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_suggests_medical_errors_now_third_leading_cause_of_death_in_the_us.

2. Ray Sipherd, special to C. N. B. C. (2018, February 28). The third-leading cause of death in US most doctors don't want you to know about. CNBC. Retrieved October 7, 2021, from https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/22/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-america.html.