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SURGICAL MALPRACTICE ATTORNEY IN DENVER

Over a Billion Obtained on Behalf of Our Injured Clients Nationwide

Everyone knows that surgical procedures involve some risk. When having a procedure, you expect that the surgeon, as well as the entire surgical team, will meet the standard of care that a reasonable member of the medical profession would provide.

Unfortunately, there are numerous cases in which a member of the surgical team fails to conduct themselves according to an accepted standard of care. When this happens, the consequences can be tragic.

A catastrophic injury caused by medical negligence on the part of a member of your surgical team can result in even more medical bills, loss of quality of life, or worse.

Call us today at (303) 647-9990 or contact us online to schedule a consultation with our misdiagnosis attorney in Denver.

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Over a Billion Dollars Recovered for Our Clients
  • Record-Setting $90 Million Record Settlement
  • $22.3 Million Largest Medical Malpractice Settlement in Colorado

    $22.3 million medical malpractice settlement. In 2016 David Woodruff obtained the largest known medical malpractice settlement in Colorado.

  • $15 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict for Victim of Paralysis

    A jury handed down a $15 million verdict to a man who was paralyzed from the chest down just hours after a doctor at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs discharged him. It’s the largest sum ever awarded in a medical malpractice suit in Colorado.

  • $3.9 Million Largest Verdict in Fort Collins, for a Woman Paralyzed Due to Misdiagnosis

    David Woodruff helped his client receive a $3.9 million verdict, the largest ever in Fort Collins, in a case where a woman was paralyzed on her right side due to a misdiagnosis in the Emergency Room in 2006.

  • $3 Million Case Against Hospital That Failed to Recognize Spinal Injury

    A Colorado man was awarded $3 million after hospital staff failed to recognize a spinal injury, causing him to become permanently paralyzed.

  • $2 Million Unnecessary Sinus Surgeries

    Dan Sloane helped a young woman whose doctor performed several unnecessary sinus surgeries resulting in damage to her vestibular system

What Is Surgical Malpractice in Denver?

When a medical professional fails to provide treatment in accordance with accepted medical standards and it results in injury, harm, or death to the patient, medical malpractice has occurred.

The injured patient may then pursue monetary damages in a medical malpractice lawsuit. If the patient loses their life, their rightful heirs may seek compensation in a wrongful death lawsuit.

Identifying Surgical Errors and Proving Negligence

  • In order to establish that the healthcare provider committed medical malpractice during the surgical procedure, the injured party must prove that the standard of care was breached. "Standard of care" refers to the manner in which the medical community in Denver would treat the same illness or disease.

Consequences of Misdiagnosis and Surgery-Related Mistakes

  • Surgery-related medical malpractice errors can result from misdiagnosing the medical condition. Misdiagnosis may occur when incorrect medical records are received as a result of human or computer error. This can lead to costly and unnecessary surgeries, surgical complications, and even death.

Preventing and Addressing Other Common Surgical Errors

  • Surgical errors can also result from improperly prescribing or incorrectly dispensing medications both before surgery and during surgery. This can include anesthesia dosage errors. Other surgical errors result from performing surgery on the wrong side of the body, leaving medical instruments in the body, failing to properly close a wound, or amputating the wrong body part.

When errors occur in surgery, the results can be devastating. Medical malpractice victims may suddenly find themselves fighting for their lives after a surgical error. To make matters worse, hospitals, medical personnel, and insurance companies may try to shift the blame, cover up errors, or fabricate details to protect themselves from further liability.

Call our surgical malpractice attorneys today at (303) 647-9990 or contact us online to start your journey toward justice and compensation.

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