Medical Products & Devices Improper Medication Improper / Bad X-rays Blood Transfusions Negligent Amputation Emergency Room Negligence Failure to Diagnose Medication Errors Hospital Mistakes Hospital Negligence Surgical Injuries Cancer Misdiagnosis Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Brain Injury Closed Head Injury Coma Senior Care Abuse Senior Care Negligence Assisted Living Abuse Assisted Living Negligence

Medical Malpractice Lawyers - Detroit, Michigan

In 2001, medical malpractice accounted for nearly 70 percent of all accidental deaths in the United States. *This is a chilling statistic for an American public reliant on the healthcare system for care and healing. When doctors or other health professionals misdiagnose a patient, make crucial mistakes with medications or surgery, or neglect to give timely and appropriate care, patients can suffer serious personal injury or death. In addition to the physical injury suffered, patients and their families must often contend with grief, skyrocketing medical bills, and permanent disability followed by loss of income.

Schreier & Schreier has a long history of success handling cases of medical malpractice. Our lawyers have represented a broad spectrum of medical malpractice claims in Michigan and aggressively pursue each case to ensure just compensation for the victim or his or her family. Adjacent is a partial list of the types of claims we handle. If you suspect that you or a loved one has been a victim of medical malpractice, contact our lawyers near Detroit, Michigan today for a consultation to discuss the particulars of your case.

Types of Medical Malpractice

The medical malpractice lawyers at Schreier & Schreier near Detroit, Michigan handle many types of medical negligence claims, including, but not limited to the following:

• Defective medical products or devices - this type of medical malpractice claim involves the use of defective products or devices in the treatment of a patient.
• Improper medication - usually involves the prescription of medication that can be harmful to the patient. This can also occur if the pharmacist distributes the wrong medication.
• Improper/Bad X-rays - medical malpractice can occur if a poorly taken x-ray does not show an injury that leads to further and more extensive damage. Conversely, if the doctor fails to notice an injury in a good x-ray and further injury occurs in the patient, medical negligence can be claimed.
• Blood transfusions - this type of medical malpractice claim can involve reactions to blood transfusions, as well as giving the wrong type of blood to a patient.
• Negligent amputation - involves the amputation of the wrong body part.
• Emergency room negligence - this type of medical malpractice claim usually involves any injury that occurs due to a mistake made by emergency room personnel in the treatment of a patient.
• Failure to diagnose - occurs when a doctor fails to diagnose an injury or disease and further injury or death to the patient results.
• Hospital mistakes - medical malpractice can be claimed if any injury occurs due the mistake of an employee of the hospital where the patient received treatment.
• Surgical injury - involves an injury occurring due to the mistake of a surgeon or healthcare professional during a surgical procedure.
• Cancer misdiagnosis - occurs when a doctors fails to diagnose or misdiagnoses cancer in a patient. This can lead to the patient failing to receive needed treatment or to the patient undergoing unnecessary medical treatment.
• Traumatic brain injury - many types of brain injury can occur due to mistakes made during surgery or to misdiagnosis.
• Coma - any mistake that leads to a coma can be grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit.
• Senior care negligence - involves the negligence or abuse of the elderly.
• Assisted living negligence - involves the negligence or abuse of patients in an assisted living facility.

For more information on how the medical malpractice lawyers at Schreier & Schreier near Detroit, Michigan can help you with your medical negligence lawsuit, please contact us today.

(* Based on information from the National Safety Council, 2001, and the Journal of the American Medical Association, 2000 and 1994.)

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