Hackensack Pediatric Malpractice Attorney
Children can't always describe what's wrong or where it hurts. As parents, we rely on the doctor to delve deeper and rule out serious conditions. When doctors fail to recognize signs or dismiss a parent's concerns without following up, a treatable condition can lead to a grave illness or lifelong disability.
If you believe that your child's physicians were negligent in diagnosis, treatment or surgery, the attorneys of Kirsch Gartenberg Howard LLP have the experience and resources to explore your suspicions.
We have recovered damages for pediatric medical malpractice in New Jersey and New York City. Contact us today for a free initial consultation.
Medical Malpractice in Treatment of Children
The typical child sees a pediatrician from shortly after birth until high school and even college. For serious injuries or conditions, they may be referred to pediatric neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, child psychiatrists, pediatric oncologists and other physicians who specialize in treating children.
These professionals are trained to recognize common (and uncommon) childhood maladies, how symptoms present in children at various stages of development from toddler to teenager, and appropriate treatment regimens. Examples of malpractice might be:
- Dismissing meningitis or other life-threatening illness as "a cold" or "the flu"
- Failure to diagnose leukemia or other cancer
- Failure to diagnose correctable heart defects
- Failure to diagnose juvenile diabetes or kidney disease
- Prescribing adult doses of potent medications
- Permanent disability from improperly setting a broken bone
- Surgery errors resulting in organ damage or brain damage
Not every poorly healed bone or undiagnosed illness constitutes medical malpractice. With the help of pediatric experts, our experienced lawyers analyze the medical records to determine if the doctor failed to order appropriate tests, failed to read lab reports or X-rays or otherwise let your child down by deviating from the standard of care.
Bergen County Pediatric Injuries Attorney
We work to hold providers accountable for the disabling effects and lost opportunities from pediatric negligence. Call us at 877-319-7488 to arrange a free case evaluation at our offices in Hackensack or Manhattan.
From our law offices in Hackensack and Manhattan, Kirsch Gartenberg Howard LLP has served 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 since 1984.
