Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are infections that develop during or soon after receiving medical treatment. Some HAIs are preventable and result from negligent medical care.
If you or someone you love contracted a preventable HAI, a Pennsylvania avoidable infection malpractice lawyer from The Weitz Firm, LLC, can help you hold the responsible health care facility or provider accountable. Our attorneys can help you seek compensation for your injury so you do not pay for someone else’s medical mistake.
Medical facilities and health care providers must follow sterilization protocols and institute other measures to prevent HAIs. A provider may be liable for infections caused by the following preventable errors:
Our Pennsylvania malpractice attorneys can investigate your case and identify the exact cause of your avoidable infection. We can use your medical records, medical and scientific research, expert and eyewitness testimony, and other evidence to support your claim.
Patients can contract avoidable infections through bacteria, fungi, and viruses. According to the Cleveland Clinic, common infections in health care settings include:
HAIs can cause severe complications, including endocarditis (inflammation in the heart), respiratory failure, and sepsis. Some of these complications can result in fatality.
Medical malpractice injuries happen because of negligent medical care. A health care facility or health care provider is negligent when they commit preventable errors or do not treat patients according to accepted medical standards.
Our malpractice lawyers in Pennsylvania can identify all those responsible for causing your preventable infection. Liable parties may include doctors, nurses, lab technicians, health care facility staff, and facility administrators.
Depending on the facts of your case, we can hold a clinic, hospital, nursing home, or other medical facility liable for its actions or the actions of its employees. Therefore, you may have a claim for compensation against both an individual and an entity.
If you or someone you love suffered an avoidable HAI injury due to medical negligence, our attorneys in Pennsylvania can help you seek compensation for your medical treatment. Damages may include reimbursement for the cost of the care that harmed you and payment for medical bills incurred because of your infection.
Our law firm can also seek compensation for your lost income and earning capacity, in addition to your physical, mental, and emotional pain and suffering. If your loved one died because of a preventable HAI, you may qualify for wrongful death compensation.
Our lawyers can help you file medical malpractice insurance claims and negotiate with the insurance company for a full and fair settlement. However, if we must take legal action, we must meet certain deadlines for filing the lawsuit.
According to Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure § 5524, the statute of limitations for most personal injury cases is two years. There are potential exceptions for medical malpractice claims that our lawyers can explain to you in more detail.
At The Weitz Firm, LLC, we have over 30 years of trial experience fighting for clients across the state and nationwide. If medical negligence caused your infection injury, a Pennsylvania avoidable infection malpractice lawyer from our firm can advocate for you. To learn more, contact us today for a free consultation.
We are highly selective in the cases we undertake to ensure that can give each client his full attention. You can schedule an appointment for a personal injury consultation at our Philadelphia office by calling us, or by filling out our online intake form.
