When Hospital Nursing Staff Do Wrong,
We Can Make it Right.
You never expected to leave the hospital feeling worse than when you got there. If you’re one of the thousands of New Jersey patients who suffered negligence at the hands of your doctors and caregivers while in the hospital, though, that’s your terrible new reality. Your symptoms are worse than ever, or you have developed serious new medical problems. What recourse do you have against a doctor or hospital staff member when your treatment has done more harm than good?
Barry Sugarman of Sugarman Law has been advocating on behalf of New Jersey hospital negligence victims for nearly three decades. He works tirelessly to discovering how doctors, nurses and other medical professionals went wrong in cases of medical malpractice and to hold negligent hospitals accountable.
Sugarman Law serves clients throughout the entire state of New Jersey, including in Somerset County, Camden County, and Hudson County. If you have a question regarding the results of your hospital visit, contact Sugarman Law for a free initial consultation today.
In the legal arena, we say that hospital negligence occurs when medical professionals fail to adhere to generally accepted professional standards.
What this means is that the medical community has developed a set of professional standards. Doctors, nurses and other medical practitioners must abide by these standards in treating patients. Those standards can vary based upon the specific illness or injury that is being treated, which is why medical professionals are required to complete such extensive training before they are allowed to treat patients.
When the doctor or hospital staff deviates from the accepted standard of care, they can cause an underlying condition to worsen or can even create new injuries that were never present before.
Hospital negligence can occur in any number of ways. Some of the deviations from the standard of care that most commonly result in medical errors at hospitals include:
If you sustained harm because of one of these failings or another failure to meet the standard of care, you may be entitled to compensation. The next step is speaking to an attorney who can investigate your medical care and begin filing a medical malpractice claim against the hospital for you.
For a lawyer to show that a doctor, nurse or other hospital staff member was negligent, there are several important elements we must establish. In each of the hospital negligence claims Barry Sugarman handles, he works to show that:
Any one of these mistakes caused by hospital negligence can lead to severe and long-lasting complications and even death. Serious complications that can result from hospital negligence include:
Hospital negligence frequently results in the need for continuing medical treatment that would have been unnecessary had your medical team adhered to generally accepted medical standards. In some of the most tragic instances, patients pay for doctors’ mistakes with their lives.
Many patients don’t even realize, at first, that a doctor or hospital staff member’s negligence was the cause of their suffering. All you know is that you expected to leave the hospital on the road to recovery, but instead, you’re worse off than ever. As you struggle to understand what happened – what went so badly wrong – you may begin to wonder if it’s possible that the doctor or hospital made a mistake.
In the wake of a serious medical event, you may feel powerless – but you’re not. You have the right to discover the answers to your questions and to hold the people who did this to you accountable. With an experienced hospital negligence lawyer on your side, you can recover financial compensation from the hospital that will help you work toward recovery.
It’s important for all victims of hospital negligence to take the right steps. The hospital won’t decide one day to come forward and admit the mistake. If you want justice, there are three things you need to do – the sooner, the better.
Sugarman Law can help guide you through every step of your hospital negligence case. We’re here for you from investigation to resolution.
Hospital negligence cases are usually complicated by the fact that everyday people are not educated about the practices that are accepted in the medical community. You trust the doctors and hospitals to act on your behalf.
At Sugarman Law, Barry Sugarman will take on the heavy lifting in your case to gather the evidence needed to prove that you were the victim of hospital negligence. We have the knowledge and the resources to handle even the most complicated hospital negligence cases.
When you retain us to represent you, we will:
Before a lawsuit for medical malpractice or hospital negligence can proceed in New Jersey, a series of steps must take place:
The amount of compensation available in your case will be based upon the severity and permanency of your injuries, as well as a number of other factors, including your earning capacity. Barry Sugarman will fight to recover compensation for all economic damages, which include:
These economic damages can be recovered without limit, so long as they are verifiable or reasonably can be anticipated. Non-economic damages, such as compensation for pain and suffering or loss of enjoyment of life, can also be recovered from the hospital depending upon the facts of your case.
In medical malpractice cases, punitive damages may also be available in extreme cases. These damages are designed to punish the hospital or negligent medical provider for especially egregious actions. New Jersey law caps punitive damages at the greater of $350,000 or five times the amount of compensatory damages awarded in your case.
At Sugarman Law, we put clients first in our fight to hold doctors and hospitals financially responsible for their negligent actions. If you believe you have been the victim of hospital negligence, call Barry Sugarman and his dedicated team of hospital negligence lawyers toll-free at 1-866-657-5660 to schedule a free initial consultation. You can also fill out this online form, and we will respond promptly. Sugarman Law has two convenient offices located at 80 East Main Street, Somerville, NJ 08876 and 8000 Sagemore Drive, Marlton, NJ 08053.
Unfortunately, it can be difficult for someone without a background in medicine to know whether their condition became worse because of hospital negligence or simply because the existing condition did not respond as hoped. Not all bad medical results occur because of medical provider negligence. It can require the eye of an experienced medical expert (a doctor) to determine the cause of your worsened condition. At Sugarman Law, we have dedicated our careers to evaluating hospital negligence and medical malpractice cases, and we work with the best medical experts in the field to determine whether the doctors or hospital staff in your case failed to adhere to generally accepted medical standards.
In a hospital negligence case, the hospital itself can be held financially responsible for the negligent actions of its employees. This can include nurses, medical technicians, pharmacists and even doctors or surgeons in some cases. In many cases, the doctor or surgeon on your case may not have actually been a hospital employee. Doctors and surgeons often enter into contracts with hospitals to act as independent contractors, meaning that the hospital may not be responsible for their negligent actions. Barry Sugarman can help evaluate your case to determine who can be held responsible for your injuries.
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