Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Lawyers

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Thousands of people in the United States die each year as the result of medical error. According to a comprehensive and highly regarded hospital study by Harvard University, more than 1 million people suffer injuries each year as a result of mistakes caused by doctors, anesthesiologists, residents, nurses, technicians and malfunctioning medical devices. Medical malpractice also occurs in other settings, such as doctors offices or nursing homes. Most of the victims never know their injury was due to medical error. And most never sue.

But investigations into such personal injury cases often reveal medical malpractice on the part of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals. And many lead to successful medical malpractice lawsuits. Whether failure to timely diagnose caner or other diseases, inattention to patients, birth injuries due to negligence or medication errors, the results are often catastrophic. In many cases, the patient dies.

If you or a loved one suffered a serious or catastrophioc injury as the result of medical malpractice, you should contact our Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyers for a free evaluation of your case.

Kline & Specter, P.C., has some 30 highly trained attorneys and a wealth of experience in medical malpractice lawsuits. Five of the firm's lawyers are also skilled physicians. The firm was recognized as among the best medical malpractice firms in the Philadelphia metropolitan area for 2010 by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers.

Kline & Specter has won hundreds of large settlements and verdicts resulting from medical malpractice lawsuits, including more than 140 of $5 million or more, including at least 28 or $15 million or more. (See our Medical Malpractice Major Victories page) The law firm attorneys employ exhaustive investigation, the latest technology and courtroom experience to insure maximized results.

Among the more common instances of medical malpractice is the fact that many people contract infections while being hospitalized. A survey of Pennsylvania hospitals released showed that 19,154 patients were infected in a hospital in 2005 and that 2,478 died. And an average of more than one person every day in the United States dies from a medication error. Other types of other relatively common medical malpractice are missed or delayed diagnoses, wrong-site surgeries, tubing mishaps and errors involving anesthesia, allergies, fertility procedures, emergency room treatment and gastric bypass surgeries, to name just a few.

Kline & Specter handles medical malpractice lawsuits in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. For cases outside those states, Kline & Specter works with local attorneys in each state as applicable.

News Articles about some of Kline & Specter's major medical malpractice cases.
 

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News

• A jury awarded a $9.3 million medical malpractice verdict to an elderly woman who will suffer lifelong injuries after a prescription drug overdose. The woman was given an overdose of Lovenox while being treated at a hospital for a urinary tract infection. As a result of the dosage error, she needed blood transfusions and multiple surgeries. She now uses a wheelchair and faces ongoing serious medical issues. (Full story)
• A medical malpractice case filed by the parents of a 17-year-old who died days after wisdom teeth surgery reached a confidential settlement. The girl suffered a severe brain injury during her surgery and went into a coma and died 10 days later. An autopsy showed she died because of a lack of oxygen to her brain during the surgery. (Full story)
• Prominent cardiologist who ran medical services companies in New Jersey and New York pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive fraud that subjected thousands of patients to unnecessary tests and bilked Medicare, Medicaid and other insurers out of $19 million.(Full story)
• A survey of more than 400 hospital patient safety personnel and risk claims managers shows that medical malpractice lawsuits benefit patient safety. It concludes that the civil suits provide valuable information about medical error, often revealing useful details about safety and quality concerns and uncovering problematic procedures and departments. (Full story)
• Despite efforts to improve patient safety, a six-year study of North Carolina hospitals showed no decline in medical injuries to patients. In 2,300 randomly selected hospital admissions, reviewers found 588 instances of patient harm, including hospital-acquired infections, surgical errors and medication dosage mistakes. (Full story)(New England Journal of Medicine Report)

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