Medical Malpractice

More people die each year in the United States from medical errors than from highway accidents, breast cancer or AIDS.

For several decades, Siegel and Doyle, LLC has represented those who have been seriously injured by medical malpractice or physician negligence. Through experience and education, our firm is able to evaluate medical injuries and pursue personal injury claims on behalf of the injured people.

Medical malpractice is currently the third leading cause of death in the United States. Approximately 200,000 people in the United States die each year due to mistakes by medical professionals and prescription errors, according to a recent report from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). It was reported that 12,000 deaths a year result from unnecessary surgery - 7000 from medication errors in hospitals - 20,000 deaths are caused by other hospital errors - 80,000 deaths a year from hospital born infections and 106,000 deaths a year from non-error, adverse effects of medications.

More than 13,000 doctors in the United States have been disciplined for serious incompetence or misconduct, including drug abuse, negligence, substandard patient care, Medicaid fraud and patient sexual abuse. According to a study by Washington Health Group, most of those physicians continue to treat patients and retain their licenses. State confidentiality laws make it nearly impossible to find out the background information on a doctor, even if that doctor has been disciplined for incompetence or negligence. Recent studies confirm that a small percentage of doctors are responsible for the vast majority of injuries caused by substandard care. This reaffirms our general perception that most doctors are good doctors, and worthy of our trust.

We carefully screen all medical related cases. Medical negligence is extremely difficult to prove, and requires qualified experts who are willing to testify that the care given failed to meet the appropriate standards, and that this failure caused injuries.

However, doctors and nurses are just like the rest of us - they sometimes make mistakes. And when caregivers make mistakes, they must be accountable for the harm they cause - just like the rest of us.

Get Paid. Case Closed.