Injured by a Medical Error in Illinois in Decatur, IL? Call the Noll Law Office to Speak with a Medical Malpractice Lawyer in Illinois
Although many healthcare professionals provide excellent care and treatment to patients, it is a sad reality that many will fail. According to research estimates, preventable medical errors cause over 400,000 deaths every year in the United States. Other research reveals that the main causes of these preventable errors include poor communication (lack of informed consent), diagnostic mistakes, inadequate skill, poor judgment, medication mistakes, and other errors that could cause patient injuries or wrongful death. Unfortunately, even where a healthcare provider’s mistakes are clear and obvious, victims and their families in Decatur, IL often face an uphill battle recovering compensation. That’s because medical professionals and their insurance carriers or defense lawyers will often aggressively defend all claims of wrongdoing to protect their licenses and their bottom line. If you or your loved one finds yourself in that situation, contact a medical malpractice lawyer to protect your rights under Illinois law.
Here at the Noll Law Office, their compassionate and skilled legal team can help victims and their families from Decatur recover compensation for their medical bills, lost wages, and conscious pain and suffering. If a loved one was wrongfully killed by a defendant’s preventable medical errors, the Noll Law Office can also bring a wrongful death action to recover lost income/support, burial expenses, funeral costs, and other damages due to a healthcare provider’s negligence. To learn more about your rights under Illinois law, schedule a free consultation to speak with one of the medical malpractice lawyers at the Noll Law Office by dialing (217) 414-8889.
What is Medical Malpractice?
Medical malpractice is a type of “tort” law, or a civil wrong. That means that it is not a criminal offense prosecuted by the People, but by a victim. There could be a criminal component in certain instances, but that is rare. It is important to understand that medical malpractice is very specific. Indeed, not all bad outcomes are medical malpractice. Nor is every mistake by a healthcare provider medical malpractice either.
Rather, medical malpractice is when a healthcare provider deviates from the accepted standard of care that similar healthcare provider would have done in similar circumstances. What constitutes the standard of care is based on the education, resources, location, and type of healthcare provider, as well as what options a healthcare provider may have had at his or her disposal. Said differently, medical malpractice is when a healthcare provider harms a patient by failing to act as another healthcare provider would have.
For instance, a nurse who makes an error is held to the standard of another nurse, not a doctor. Whereas a pediatrician who makes an error diagnosing a nerve injury is held to the standard of another pediatrician, and not a pediatric neurologist who has a more specialized skill-set.
Who Could be Liable for Medical Malpractice in Illinois?
Nearly all healthcare providers could be liable for medical malpractice in Illinois, with limited exceptions. This includes both individuals and the businesses, hospitals, or officers that the individuals work for and provide care to patients.
Some examples of who could be liable for medical malpractice in Illinois include the following:
- Doctors
- Dentists
- Anesthesiologists
- Certain medical technicians
- Nurses (RNs or LPNs)
- CRNAs
- Pharmacists
- Hospitals
- Doctor’s offices
- Surgical centers
- Pharmacies
- Nursing homes, and
- Other healthcare providers who are rendered care and treatment to a patient in Illinois.
Common Examples of Medical Malpractice in Illinois
There are many different examples of medical malpractice in Illinois that could result in life-changing personal injuries. One of the medical malpractice lawyers at the Noll Law Office could help victims and their families from Decatur, IL recover compensation for many different types of cases, including the following:
- Surgical errors
- Failure to diagnose
- Delays in diagnosing a condition
- Misdiagnosing
- Wrong patient surgery
- Overdosing or medication errors
- Failure to monitor
- Misreading test results (i.e., imaging tests or blood work)
- Wrong site surgery
- Birth injuries
- Failure to transfer a patient
- Falls from patients who are a fall risk
- Bedsores and pressure ulcers
- Unnecessary surgeries or procedures, and
- Many other types of serious or fatal medical errors that could result in harm to patients.
Were You Injured by a Healthcare Provider’s Errors in Decatur, IL? Call the Medical Malpractice Lawyer at the Noll Law Office
If you or a loved one were injured due to a healthcare provider’s mistakes, call the Noll Law Office to schedule a free consultation with one of their medical malpractice lawyers. Although their bodily injury law firm is in Springfield, IL, they handle cases throughout Illinois, including right here in Decatur, IL They do not take any money upfront and only recover compensation from what they recover for you and your family – and only after they recover it. That means there is no upfront cost or financial risk to begin working with their medical malpractice lawyers.
To learn more about how to protect your rights after a medical error harmed you or a loved one, call (217) 414-8889 or send a message here to schedule your free consultation. They are happy to speak with you and your family regarding your potential case and what they can do for you.