Medical Malpractice

New Haven, Connecticut Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Did you have an unexplained bad outcome from medical or surgical treatment? Did you suffer a serious complication? Are you worse now than when you went to the doctor? Did one-day surgery turn into a month in the hospital? Are you having trouble getting a straight answer to your questions, "What happened?" and "Why?"

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, our medical malpractice lawyers work with recognized medical experts and investigators in exposing negligence on the part of physicians and healthcare providers. 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.

We have the resources needed to establish a balance of power in the courtroom, no matter how big the HMO or how prestigious the hospital that made the error. To schedule an appointment to discuss your case, contact the medical malpractice lawyers at the law office of Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt, Dow & Katz today.

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
• - Shoulder dystocia
• - Abrupted placenta
• - Erb’s Palsy / Cerebral Palsy
• - Fetal acidosis
• - Preeclampsia and stroke
• Surgical errors
• - Retained sponge, instrument, foreign body
• - Missed bowel perforation
• - Wrong-site surgery
• - Severed common bile duct
• - Laparoscope injury
• - Bariatric surgery errors and complications
• Misdiagnosis of meningitis, heart attack, cerebral bleed
• Missed cancer diagnosis, delayed diagnosis
• 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

Due to changes in tort law, a preliminary finding of negligence must now be established before a medical malpractice case can proceed. After careful review of your case, our attorneys will assemble a team of experts, prepare documentation, undertake an investigation to obtain a preliminary "good faith opinion", and present evidence supporting your case.

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.

Leveraging Your Case

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 try your case to effect, or settle it fairly if the defense is willing to negotiate a fair settlement — one that compensates the victim and the victim's family for all of his or her past and future injuries and losses, both economic and non-economic.

We have helped many people in New Haven and throughout Connecticut recover significant damage awards for the physical, emotional, and financial losses caused by medical mistakes and malpractice. Let us help you recover what you deserve and need after a serious injury or death due to medical malpractice. To schedule an appointment, contact the medical malpractice attorneys at Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt, Dow & Katz today.