Dallas Medical Malpractice Lawyers | Schorr Law Firm

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Few cases are more emotionally charged than those involving medical malpractice. This is because innocent victims of negligent physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers have been physically and/or mentally destroyed or severely damaged by the very people they trusted with their health, and often times their lives.

We all know doctors and other health care providers are human, and, therefore, capable of making mistakes. However, when a mistake is the result of a health care provider's deviation from the accepted standard of care, and the deviation causes injury or wrongful death, medical malpractice may have occurred.

It is reported that approximately 44,000 people die in the United States every year due to medical malpractice. This means that every year in the United States, more people die from negligent doctors and other health care providers who fail to render the appropriate level of care than from guns, AIDS, breast cancer or automobile accidents.

When patients are severely injured, or killed, because of medical malpractice, it is imperative that the offending doctor or health care provider be held accountable for their negligence. Accountability is most often had through the courts.

Texas Medical Malpractice Laws

In 2003, the Texas Legislature enacted the Texas Malpractice Liability Act, which substantially affects the rights of patients injured or killed because of medical negligence. These recent laws have strict pre suit requirements and time limitations for pursuing medical malpractice claims.

The 2003 changes also incorporated monetary caps for damages such as pain and suffering and mental anguish. Many Texas Medical Malpractice Attorneys stopped accepting medical malpractice cases after the 2003 changes in the law. Therefore, holding negligent doctors and other health care providers accountable for their actions has become extremely rare in Texas since 2003.

Examples of Medical Malpractice

Some examples of medical malpractice include:

• Mis-diagnosis or failure to diagnose
• Surgical mistakes
• Birth injuries
• Anesthetic errors
• Prescription and medication errors
• Failure to provide informed consent
• Unsanitary environments causing infection or other illness
• Delay in diagnosis and/or treatment
• Nursing home neglect/abuse

 

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If you or a loved one has been harmed as a result of a doctor’s or other health care provider’s actions and/or inactions, or a perceived error on the part of a doctor or healthcare provider, Schorr Law Firm medical malpractice attorneys can help you.

Occurrences of medical malpractice may not be apparent. While some signs of negligent or poor medical care are evident immediately, other forms of malpractice affect a patient's well being over time. Our medical malpractice attorneys will review and analyze your claim with the assistance of trained medical experts. We will represent your claim expeditiously, zealously, aggressively and to the best of our ability.

Our legal team has compiled an FAQs page on medical malpractice to give you additional information about your potential claim.

The Schorr Law firm, located in Garland, Texas, represents clients from throughout the DFW Metroplex in family law, personal injury, medical malpractice and bankruptcy. The practice includes Dallas County, Collin County, Rockwall County, and Denton County as well as cities such as Richardson, Plano, Garland, Mesquite, McKinney, Frisco, Coppell, Denton, Grand Prairie, Irving, DeSoto, Duncanville, Allen, Lewisville, Rowlett, Carrollton, Lancaster, Hutchins, Terrell and Rockwall.