From our offices in Hackensack and Manhattan, we serve individuals and businesses across northern New Jersey including Bergen County, Essex County, Union County, Middlesex County and Passaic County and the five boroughs of New York City.
Although people who come to the emergency room may already have a life-threatening condition, doctors, nurses and hospitals remain liable for errors or substandard care. Failure of E.R. staff to follow protocols in assessing and treating patients can result in irreversible harm or death.
The law firm of Kirsch Gartenberg Howard LLP has obtained results in medical malpractice litigation. We practice in New Jersey and New York City and offer a free initial consultation to determine if you have a good case.
Bergen County Emergency Room Errors Attorney
Certified civil trial lawyer Thomas Howard and the skilled legal team at KGH know how to work the medical records backward to reveal the poor decisions, mistakes or neglect that caused your loved one's serious or fatal outcome:
- Failure to recognize symptoms of heart attack or stroke
- Failure to diagnose appendicitis or internal bleeding
- Improper assessment or treatment of accident trauma
- Death or permanent damage from waiting hours to be treated
- Failure to refer patients for emergency surgery
In one case, an E.R. doctor's failure to diagnose spinal cord compression left our client paralyzed. In a wrongful death case, the person literally bled to death from aortic dissection while sitting in the waiting room.
Hackensack Failure to Diagnose Lawyer
No one expects the emergency room doctors to save every life or always win the race against time to diagnose a mysterious condition. But certain symptoms are telltale clues of a specific condition or demand further tests. When E.R. doctors and nurses fail to follow established protocols, take shortcuts or discharge patients without a proper work-up, it often ends badly.
Did negligence, understaffing or administrative decisions ultimately harm your family member when he or she needed emergency care? Call us at 877-319-7488 for a free case evaluation. We have offices in Hackensack (NJ) and Manhattan (NY).
