Medical Malpractice LawyerSpringfield, IL
We trust doctors to make the right decisions regarding our health. When they violate that trust, they should pay.
We place our health and well being in the hands of doctors. They’re supposed to provide us with a plan of action to stay healthy, or inform us when we have a life-threatening disease. But what can we do when a doctor gives us bad information? What are we to do when they make a grievous mistake during surgery? What options do we have to hold the doctors accountable?
Burger Law is an aggressive and dedicated Personal Injury Law Firm in Springfield with decades of experience and success in fighting doctors, hospitals, and health professionals that harm their patients. You went to the doctor seeking help, and they made it worse with either their missed diagnoses or bad medical choices that led to further complications. Now you’re hurt, suffering, and you need help to correct the situation. Our Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Springfield can help you get the care and compensation you deserve, and can also make sure that the doctor is held fully liable for their mistakes that have harmed you.
If you need help with a medical malpractice claim, and you want qualified, experienced and professional personal injury lawyers in Springfield, call or contact our team at 314-542-2222 or 618-272-2222. We don’t charge any fees for our consultations, and we never ask for any attorneys fees unless we win your medical malpractice lawsuit.
Gary Burger | Trial Attorney
Gary Burger is devoted to helping injury victims recover from devastating accidents in Missouri and Illinois. Gary practices all areas of personal injury law and has been successful in providing financial recovery while aiding in the protection of our clients' future.
Medical Malpractice Lawyer Springfield
What is medical malpractice?
Medical Malpractice occurs when a doctor, hospital, or other medical professional acts negligently and fails to provide a standard of reasonable care, and the patient is then subsequently harmed by this negligent act. This can happen in the form of errors in diagnoses, missed diagnosis, error in treatments, errors in after care or errors in health management.
You think that a doctor committed medical malpractice in your care. What now?
Here is a quick video explaining whether or not you have a medical malpractice case:
For your case to constitute medical malpractice there are several acts that the doctor, hospital, or health professional had to have made for it to be a legal medical malpractice case. Here are several examples:
- A Doctor-Patient relationship has to be established – For you to pursue a claim against a doctor, hospital, or health facility, you must first be able to prove that you were a patient under their care.
- The Doctor must have acted negligently in regards to your care – For the case to continue, the doctor must have acted negligently and made decisions or actions that another doctor would not have given the same circumstances.
- The Doctor’s negligence has to have injured you – The doctor’s negligence, whether it was a missed diagnosis or a botched surgery must lead directly to your injury or being further injured. If no injury or harm occurred, you’re case may not be legally viable.
- The Doctor’s negligence and your injury led to specific damages – You must have sustained damages relating to the actions of the doctor, hospital, or health professional. If you can prove that the doctor’s negligence led to a specific injury that you are suffering from your case can proceed.
If you need more information on medical negligence and medical malpractice, or if you need to speak with our medical malpractice lawyers in Springfield now, feel free to call our team at 314-542-2222 or 618-272-2222. We don’t charge any fees for our consultations, and we never ask for any attorneys fees unless we win your medical malpractice lawsuit.
I’ve proven that my doctor has committed Medical Malpractice against me. What now?
With Medical Malpractice proven, you now need to file a Medical Malpractice Claim.
Here is a quick video detailing how to file a medical malpractice claim:
Filing a medical malpractice claim is similar to filing a personal injury claim. In both Illinois and Missouri, before you can pursue the case from a legal point of view, you will have to have another doctor or health professional write a letter. This letter needs to state that party that provided medical care did so negligently or carelessly, and that a doctor with the same specialism or training would not have made the error. So what does this mean? There needs to be a deviation or change from the normal standard of care, and this change has to have caused harm to the patient. This change in medical procedure, lack of diagnoses, or botched surgery has to have caused further damages. If no damages resulted from the deviation, there is not a strong case for medical malpractice.
When you’re ready to pursue the case legally, you have to file a letter and name the hospital, doctor, or health professional, and you have to include another letter from another doctor stating that the doctor who saw to your care acted negligently and their actions caused the harm you are now suffering from. From this point, a medical malpractice case can proceed.
If you have any questions regarding where you can file a medical malpractice lawsuit in Springfield, or if you would prefer to have a medical malpractice lawyer in Springfield do the filing for you, our medical malpractice attorneys in Springfield can help you and make sure that your claim is taken seriously. To learn more about our firm, our medical malpractice lawsuit methods, or to see if you have a medical malpractice case, call our team at 314-542-2222 or 618-272-2222. We don’t charge any fees for our consultations, and we never ask for any attorneys fees unless we win your medical malpractice lawsuit.
Medical Malpractice Lawyer Springfield – Call Now
You’ve been hurt by a doctor, medical professional, or a hospital, and you need someone that will fight aggressively for your rights. You didn’t ask to be hurt, you didn’t ask to lose work and wages and you didn’t ask for your health to get worse at the hands of a doctor. You deserve to have an aggressive and talented legal team fight for you.
Burger Law is an experienced, dedicated, and aggressive Medical Malpractice Law Firm in Springfield and we can make sure that you are given the legal guidance and care that you deserve. If you’ve been hurt, you deserve legal compensation. Call our team at 314-542-2222 or 618-272-2222. We don’t charge any fees for our consultations, and we never ask for any attorneys fees unless we win your medical malpractice lawsuit.
