Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice - medical negligence - means that the doctor (or other medical provider) made a mistake that the average doctor in that field would not have made. In other words, the doctor was negligent.

The negligence might have been the failure to do something, or doing something that shouldn't be done. Real life examples include the failure to diagnose a condition that should have been diagnosed and performing an amputation of the wrong limb.

Doctors make mistakes everyday of the week, every hour of every day, every minute of every hour. And mistakes cost lives and leave people with permanent injuries. But doctors are people and the law recognizes that people are not perfect. Sometimes a mistake is a matter of judgment and sometimes even the best judgment ends in an unfortunate result. Doctors do not guarantee the results of their work. But if a doctor agrees to provide treatment, he guarantees that the treatment will meet a certain standard of care.

All too often, the mistake is not one that should have been made. A patient who is hurt by such a mistake can make a claim. Contact us today for a free evaluation.

One further word about medical malpractice. Even if there were a medical malpractice crisis, which is categorically not true, the blame would lie at the feet of negligent doctors, not the lawyers who help people recover from the harm caused by such doctors.

The Law Offices of Hans R. Hailey are located in Boston and Westwood, Massachusetts. Personal injury lawyers from the Law Offices of Hans R. Hailey frequently represent clients with medical malpractice claims in Boston and throughout Massachusetts.