Doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals that fail to follow standard treatment protocols can be held financially liable for injuries that occur as a result. At the law office of Johnston & Johnston, our attorneys work with medical professionals in identifying and exposing departures from standard treatment protocols and violations of standards of care that result in injuries, medical complications, and fatalities.

In preparing evidence in support of our client's case, we gather information from medical charts, video footage from an emergency or operating room, records of vital signs, drug histories, and eyewitness testimony from attending staff. We identify breakdowns in communication and failures to properly follow up in the face of certain symptoms or reactions to medical procedures.

Don't assume injuries or medical complications are an "accident," a chance natural by-product of receiving medical care - contact medical malpractice attorneys at Johnston & Johnston today and schedule an appointment to discuss your case.

Medical Malpractice Cases

The law office of Johnston & Johnston represents clients in medical malpractice cases involving the following:

• Surgical errors
• Emergency room errors
• Birth injuries
• Misdiagnoses
• meningitis
• heart attack
• stroke
• Cancer misdiagnosis
• Disfigurement
• MRI, CAT scan, X-ray error
• Hospital negligence
• Drug dispensing error
• Nursing negligence

What Constitutes Medical Malpractice - Establishing Your Case

While certain conditions and diseases can be extremely difficult to diagnose and treat, medical malpractice is often more a function of what a doctor fails to do than an outright mistake. In cases involving treatable, fairly common conditions, a failure to run blood tests, request x-rays or scans, utilize available diagnostic procedures, or screen for certain conditions can constitute negligence. Doctors who ignore symptoms or discount what a patient tells him or her may be guilty of acting negligently when those symptoms are associated with known medical conditions a doctor should have diagnosed.

Compensation for Medical Malpractice

Injuries and medical complications that result from medical malpractice are often costly. In order to determine the financial impact of medical malpractice on our clients' lives we work closely with economists and life care planners. We consider the cost of future medical care, physical therapy, and pain medication, as well as lost wages and pain and suffering.

For more information regarding our practice and how we can help you hold negligent doctors and other health care providers responsible for their actions, contact Johnston & Johnston today.