SURGICAL ERROR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWYER
When you trust a medical professional with your health, you don’t expect that they will puncture your colon during surgery, and make things worse. What do you do when the medical professionals at fail at their jobs? If that occurs, you can file a surgical error medical malpractice lawsuit which is what we did for our Connecticut client.
WHAT IS ABDOMINAL SURGERY?
Abdominal surgery is surgery in the body cavity in the area of the intestines and the colon. When surgery is performed in the abdominal area, the surgeon must be very careful not to puncture in the colon. If this occurs, a serious infection can occur.
FACTS OF THE CASE
Our client underwent surgery for lysis of adhesions, removal of the fallopian tube, and removal off the and ovary. During the surgery, the surgeon committed medical malpractice by perforating the our client’s colon. This caused leakage into the abdomen, and an abdominal infection. As a result, the infection required surgery, and a temporary colostomy. Next, our client had an additional surgery to reverse the colostomy, and another surgery to repair an incisional hernia caused by the multiple surgeries.
WHAT IS THE STANDARD OF CARE?
The standard of care is that level of care that a reasonable prudent medical professional is required to meet or exceed. You have a right to expect that your medical professional follows reasonable prudent protocols in their field. In fact, your health and safety depends on it. When they act carelessly, and fail to follow the standard of care, and if that failure causes you harm, then you might have a surgical error medical malpractice case.
WHAT IS SURGICAL ERROR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE?
Medical malpractice is a legal term to describe negligence by a health care professional. This includes negligence by your doctor, nurse, hospital employee, nursing home employee, or any other medical professional. When a medical professional falls below the standard of care they are negligent.
The State of Connecticut regulates medical malpractice lawsuits. You cannot file a medical malpractice lawsuit unless you obtain certification from a similar health provider that medical negligence has occurred. In a medical malpractice case, you can recover money compensation for all of your harms and losses.
HOW WE HELPED OUR CLIENT RECEIVE JUSTICE FOR SURGICAL ERROR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE.
The first thing we did was to confirm the facts of the case by getting the medical records. Next, we sought expert advice from a similar health provider whom we retained as our expert. We had a good surgical error medical malpractice case. After that, we documented our client’s damages which included the medical bills she incurred, and reasonable compensation for pain and suffering.
We were able to prove that the surgeon should not have punctured the colon during the initial surgery. The standard or care required the doctor to know what he or she was cutting. The standard of care also required the doctor to not to cut other parts of the body. We proved that the infection was caused from the puncture. Lastly, proved that the additional surgeries were, in turn, also caused from the infection.
We presented this information to jury in a trial. We convinced the jury that our client’s claims were reasonable, and correct. This case was tried to a verdict, and the jury determined damages to be $605,000.00. This pleased our client greatly.
The case was known as Finn v. Archibald.
WHERE TO FIND HELP.
If you or anyone you know believes you are victim of medical malpractice contact The Bartinik Law Firm LLC for help. Our office is located at 100 Fort Hill Road, Groton, Connecticut. Call 860-445-8521.