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Medical Malpractice:
According
to government estimates, approximately 100,000 people die every year
in the U.S. due to medical malpractice mistakes. The number of
people seriously injured is considerably higher; such injures
include brain damage, paralysis, damage to the spinal cord and many
more.
If you are injured by the negligence of a physician, you may have a
cause of action against that physician. In order to recover against
a physician in West Virginia, a patient must prove that the
physician failed to exercise the degree of care, skill and learning
required or expected of a reasonably prudent health care provider
acting in the same or similar circumstances, and that such failure
was a proximate cause of the injury or death. The Law Offices of
Druckman & Estep has had an extraordinary level of success in
medical malpractice cases. In fact, we obtained one of the largest
jury verdicts in West Virginia history for one of our clients.
Listed below are some of the ways in which a physician may be
negligent:
* Failure to properly
diagnose a medical condition
* Failure to properly treat a medical condition
* Failure to properly perform a surgical procedure
* Failure to safely administer anesthesia
* Failure to manage a pregnancy or deliver a baby in a safe manner
* Failure to prescribe the correct medication
* Failure to administer medications properly |