MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWYERWelcome to our Nationwide attorney referral service where you can locate and find an experienced medical malpractice lawyer near you. Each malpractice attorney in our lawyers network has over ten years of trial experience in handling claims involving doctor mistakes. Why is medical malpractice a growing epidemic in our country? Because less than five percent of all U.S. doctors are responsible for more than half of all U.S. negligence claims. Few New York doctors responsible for the most medical malpractice payouts have been disciplined by their state licensing board. Most of Massachusetts Physicians who have paid multiple settlements continue to practice medicine. The most overworked and inexperienced doctors -- interns and residents who staff teaching hospitals -- continue to work as many as 20 hour days without proper supervision. Of the nation's 3/4 million doctors, only 2,000 bad doctors lose their license each year. The annual costs to society for errors in hospitals are estimated at between $17 billion to $29 billion. To adequately defend your rights you need a medical malpractice lawyer who has the commitment experience and resources to win your lawsuit. Hospital Malpractice - Two million hospital patients acquire infections that result in 90,000 deaths from infections alone each year. That represents a rise of 36 percent since 1980, which coincides with the proliferation of bacteria capable of resisting the most potent antibiotics. The Center for Disease Control says that many hospital personnel stubbornly fail to follow basic infection control, such as hand washing between patient contacts. Our medical malpractice lawyersalso handle cases such as failure to diagnose cancers such as breast cancer; prostate, lung or colon cancer; Severe Birth Injuries such as Shoulder Dystocia, Erb's Palsy, Cerebral Palsy and Circumcision Errors; Vaccine and Blood transfusion contamination injuries; Improper prescription of drugs; Surgical mistakes such as utensils left in the body; Anesthesia errors and mistakes; Nursing Home Malpractice Neglect and Abuse; Cosmetic Surgery failures and disfigurations; Surgery Device Failures - such as the Sulzer Hip Implant. Our Medical Malpractice lawyers know the laws with special rules and exceptions that exist in many states for these negligence cases. For example, New York minors can have the time limits stopped until they reach the age of majority. Many states toll the statute for incapacity. Often language exists in the state law that does not start the time limit running until the medical malpractice victim knew or "should have known" about the malpractice. Special rules can also exist for in hidden surgical instruments or "foreign object" cases, in which the mistake is difficult to find in a timely manner. In addition, where there is a death, many states like Massachusetts and New York have "wrongful death" statutes that govern the time limit for bringing a malpractice action. These rules and exceptions exist in almost all states so you should talk to a medical malpractice attorney for the law in your state. If you are a victim of medical malpractice then you may contact an attorney using our links below and a member Lawyer will contact you. CLICK ON YOUR STATE INFORMATION TO FIND AN ATTORNEY: Massachusetts
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