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Chicago Medical Malpractice Attorney

Doctor Error · Nurse Negligence · Nursing Home Abuse

Medical malpractice does not just involve physicians and surgeons. Nurses, therapists, psychologists, chiropractors, dentists, and all other healthcare practitioners licensed by the state of Illinois have a duty of care to their patients and clients. Most try to uphold the standards of their profession. However sometimes they do make errors and commit malpractice. If your family has been harmed because of medical error, our medical malpractice law firm, Cirignani Heller & Harman LLP, can help you obtain the compensation to help you pay for the long-term care and other expenses needed to help your family get on the road to recovery from injuries caused by mistake or malpractice.

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• Cerebral Palsy : Cerebral palsy describes many types of brain injury to babies found at birth or shortly thereafter.
• Erb's Palsy : Erb's palsy describes injuries to the nerves of a baby's arm which occurs during the birth process.
• Brain Injury : Brain injuries happen to Illinois citizens with alarming frequency and are usually due to poorly treated infections like meningitis or medical errors (medication, anesthesia, etc) that cause inadequate oxygen to be delivered to the brain.
• Wrongful Death : Wrongful death is a big category that includes any medical negligence that causes death, including: missing a diagnosis that allows an infection or cancer to spread; giving too much or too little or the wrong kind of medications; failing to respond or responding too slowly during emergencies.
• Spinal Cord Injury  : When damage is done to the spinal cord (Spinal Cord Injury or SCI) it can cause a loss of feeling or mobility.  This damage can occur from medical procedure gone awry or from an accident.  
• Paralysis Injuries : Paralysis happens when nerve tissue in the brain or spinal cord is damaged. Examples: damage by surgeons who cut the wrong part, pressure from blood clots or tumors missed by doctor, or unchecked infections which damage nerve tissue.
• Surgical Errors : Any incorrectly performed surgery can cause substantial injury. Examples: cutting the wrong part, not fixing things when they go wrong (complications) or leaving instruments or surgical material behind.
• Medication Errors : Overdose, underdose, wrong medication , drug interactions, medication side effects are just a few of the medication errors that can occur. Physicians, pharmacists and nurses can all be the source of medication errors.
• Missed Diagnoses : A doctor's failure to consider all the reasonably possible causes of the patient's complaints, especially the potentially life-threatening and disabling ones, can result in not treating something that can kill.
• Anesthesia Injuries : Doctors or nurses who provide anesthesia or sedation must make sure the patient gets adequate oxygen. Other patients shouldn't have certain anesthetics. When a doctor fails to monitor a patient during anesthesia or uses too much or the wrong kind, the end results could be death or brain damage.
• Nursing Home Abuse - If you or a loved one has suffered neglect or received an injury while in the care of a nursing home in Chicago, you may be a victim of nursing home abuse.

If you have suffered a serious injury caused by medical malpractice, or a loved one has been seriously injured or died, we invite you to contact our firm and talk to one of our physician attorneys about whether a lawsuit would protect your best interests.

Our law offices are located at:

150 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2600
Chicago, Illinois 60606