Attorney Representation in Chicago, Illinois Since 1993  

Atlanta Medical Malpractice Attorneys
Brain Injury • Wrongful Death •  Cerebral Palsy

Injury to a loved one caused by medical malpractice may be the most difficult personal injury you will ever face.   Whether in Atlanta, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois or elsewhere, we seldom think about the possibility that taking our child to the doctor could end up causing our worst nightmare.  Instead, we look at medical providers as some of our most trusted allies. Thus, when a doctor or other practitioner commits medical malpractice and causes injury to someone we love, our entire faith in the profession can be shaken. That's why at Chicago-based Cirignani Heller & Harman LLP , we concentrate our legal practice solely on medical malpractice and that’s why we offer our services nationwide, including Atlanta, Georgia, and Yuma, Arizona.  Cirignani Heller & Harman LLP has been litigating medical malpractice cases in Atlanta and Fulton County for over a decade.

Birth Injuries • Cerebral Palsy • Erb's Palsy

Among those most devastated by medical malpractice, are the parents and other family members of children injured during birth by mistakes made by delivering physicians in Atlanta-area hospitals. Birth injury includes such things as:

• Cerebral palsy: Failure to do a C-section in time and giving too much medication to the mother to increase contractions are just two of the causes of oxygen deprivation related to the brain damage in infants called cerebral palsy.
• Erb's palsy: When one or both of the baby's shoulders is caught behind the pelvic bone of the mother during birth (shoulder dystocia), the obstetrician can cause injury to the network of nerves running from the head to the arms and shoulders by pulling on the infant's head while the shoulder is lodged too tightly. Like cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy can cause lifetime disabilities.
• Wrongful death : The duration of oxygen deprivation during birth may be so long that the baby is stillborn.

Brain Injuries • Paralysis Injuries • Anesthesia Injuries

Spinal cord injuries and brain injuries leading to total paralysis  (quadriplegia) or partial paralysis (paraplegia) leave a startling number of Atlanta residents disabled. Some must be in wheelchairs; others are bed-ridden, needing around-the-clock attendant care for the rest of their lives. Such catastrophic injuries can occur because of the improper administration of anesthesia during surgery, incorrect dosage of medications due to charting errors by nurses, and many other serious mistakes made by doctors, nurses, and other medical staff.

Diagnostic Errors • Operating Room Mistakes • Failure to Monitor

• Surgical Errors: Every year mistakes made in Atlanta operating rooms by surgeons and anesthesiologists  lead to a staggering amount of injuries to persons undergoing both elective and non-elective surgical procedures.
• Medication Errors: Many of our clients have experienced serious side effects caused by drug interactions or over dosage of medication. Their doctors failed to inquire about medicines the patient were already taking.
• Missed Diagnoses : The majority of our clients' medical malpractice claims arise out of the failure of physicians to accurately diagnosis a serious medical condition.

If one of your family members has sustained injuries caused by a medical care provider, we invite you to contact us . One of our attorneys, who are also medical professionals and know the professional standards by which medicine is to be practiced in Georgia, will evaluate your case and advise you how to proceed if it appears that malpractice occurred.

Medical malpractice attorneys at Cirignani Heller & Harman LLP, help parents and families across the nation and the Atlanta, Georgia, region, including the Fulton County, GA, communities of Sandy Springs, Roswell, Johns Creek, Marietta, Smyrna, East Point, Alpharetta, Peachtree City, Kennesaw, Lawrenceville, Douglasville, Newnan, Griffin, Duluth, Carrolton, Forest Park, College Park, Milton, Decatur, Tucker, Mableton, Dunwoody, and North Atlanta, GA, recover just compensation from physicians causing birth injuries, such as cerebral palsy and Erb's palsy.

Our law offices are located at:

150 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2600
Chicago, Illinois 60606