Medical Malpractice

New Haven, Connecticut Medical Malpractice Attorneys

When doctors or other healthcare professionals fail to follow the standard of care, applicable to them, and act negligently, they can be held financially liable for injuries and fatalities that occur as a result.

At the New Haven law office of Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt, Dow & Katz P.C. our medical malpractice lawyers work with recognized medical experts and investigators in exposing negligence on the part of physicians and healthcare providers. These acts of negligence can manifest in surgical errors, delayed diagnoses, medication errors and other harmful or fatal mistakes.

Contact us at 203-772-3100 to schedule your free initial consultation to discuss your potential medical negligence claim. If you have questions about the quality of the care you received, it may be advisable to speak with an experienced attorney.

A Complete Examination of the Facts of Your Medical Malpractice

By reviewing x-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, operating room video, medical charts, medication administration records, laboratory records, staff records and eyewitness testimony, we identify symptoms that were ignored, tests that should have been requested, tests that were misread or misreported and procedures that were not followed properly. In reviewing log entries and charts, our lawyers expose contradictory testimony and attempts by the healthcare providers to distort what really happened.

Holding Doctors and Hospitals Accountable

The law office of Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt, Dow & Katz represents clients in medical malpractice cases involving the following:

• Birth injuries including shoulder dystocia, abrupted placenta, Erb's Palsy, Cerebral Palsy, fetal acidosis, preeclampsia and stroke
• Surgical errors including a retained sponge/instrument/foreign body, missed bowel perforation, wrong-site surgery, severed common bile duct, laparoscope injury and bariatric surgery errors and complications
• Misdiagnosis of meningitis, heart attack, cerebral bleed
• Missed cancer diagnosis, delayed diagnosis, failure to diagnose
• Emergency room errors
• Misread x-rays, MRI scans, CT scans
• Hospital negligence
• Nursing malpractice
• Hospital-administered overdose
• Medication error
• Undiagnosed or untreated hemorrhage
• Radiologist malpractice
• Psychiatric malpractice
• Disfigurement

Bringing a Medical Malpractice Case

A preliminary finding of negligence must be established before a medical malpractice case can proceed. In Connecticut, obtaining a good faith opinion is a crucial component in medical malpractice claims. Before proceeding with a claim, a medical expert must give an opinion on the case. JGBD& K undertakes the risks and the costs of investigation during this process. We assume the financial responsibility and role of obtaining records, reviewing records and deciding whether to bring the claim.

Assuming your case is found to have merit, we consult medical economists and life care planners in order to accurately quantify costs associated with your injuries and current medical condition. In cases involving fatalities, we also consider loss of financial and emotional support, loss of consortium and decreased quality of life where family members and loved ones suffer an irreplaceable loss due to medical negligence.

Medical malpractice cases can be extremely complex and technical. Our lawyers understand how to prepare medical malpractice cases, what experts to consult, and how to humanize our client's suffering. We quantify economic loss and illustrate the physical and emotional impact of non-economic losses so a jury can convert them to meaningful dollar amounts. This puts us in position to bring your case to trial or settlement and compensate the victim and the victim's family for all of injuries and expenses.

To schedule your appointment, please contact our firm today.