Medical doctors are expected to listen to your symptoms, order the correct tests based on your medical condition, and correctly diagnose your ailments. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen, and a misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis can occur and put your health at risk.
At Morris Wilson Knepp Jacquette, P.C., we provide representation in these difficult situations. We can help you make a Conshohocken medical malpractice claim against a provider who fell short of fulfilling the professional standard of care and who caused you harm as a result.
Call us today to find out how a Conshohocken failure to diagnose lawyer can help you.
Consequences Of Failure To Diagnose Or A Misdiagnosis
A misdiagnosis or a failure to diagnose a medical condition can have serious consequences for your health, including:
- Delayed treatment can make your condition worse. For example, if you don’t treat an infection, the infection could spread.
- Your condition becomes incurable or fatal. A failure to diagnose medical issues like cancer or a heart attack can lead to your death
- Receiving the wrong treatment. This can damage your health both because you are treated for a condition you don’t have and because your actual medical issue isn’t treated.
In many cases, you’ll incur higher medical bills, endure more pain, or even lose your life. You or your loved ones should be compensated for these losses.
How Can A Conshohocken Misdiagnosis Lawyer Help You?
If you or someone you love has been harmed by a doctor’s failure to correctly identify your medical condition, you need to reach out to a Philadelphia misdiagnosis lawyer as soon as possible. At Morris Wilson Knepp Jacquette, P.C., our legal team can help you to:
- Determine if you can make a successful malpractice claim based on the misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose. Not every misdiagnosis leads to a malpractice claim. The key is whether the provider failed to fulfill a professional duty, which means they must have had an obligation to you and fallen short of what a similarly trained provider would have done under the circumstances.
- Help you identify all defendants. If a provider misdiagnosed you, you may be able to pursue a claim against the provider as well as against their employer. Employers are vicariously liable for the on-the-job negligence of staff members.
- Assist you in proving damages. You’ll need expert witnesses to help you demonstrate that the misdiagnosis and not the underlying condition was the ultimate cause of your damages.
- Help you get a certificate of merit. These are required within 60 days of filing a malpractice claim in PA and must be completed by a medical professional who can attest that you have reasonable grounds to move forward with your claim.
- Negotiate a settlement or go to court. Many malpractice insurers are willing to settle claims, but you want to make sure you get a fair settlement that fully compensates you for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and emotional distress — or for wrongful death damages if your loved one lost their life due to the misdiagnosis. If no fair settlement can be reached, we can go to court on your behalf.
Morris Wilson Knepp Jacquette, P.C., has decades of collective experience with malpractice claims and has recently recovered millions of dollars for clients in court proceedings and out-of-court settlements.
We have achieved a Best Law Firm rating from the U.S. News & World Report in the area of medical malpractice law, and members of our legal team have been recognized among the Top 100 Trial Lawyers. We are ready to fight for you.
Getting Help From A Conshohocken Failure To Diagnose Lawyer
Don’t hesitate to get the right legal help when a medical professional wrongs you. Give us a call at (610) 825-0500 today to schedule your free consultation with a Conshohocken failure to diagnose/misdiagnosis lawyer to get the justice you deserve.