Medical Malpractice

Los Angeles Medical Malpractice Lawyers

At Michels & Watkins in Los Angeles our attorneys devote a large share of their efforts to representing victims of medical malpractice, particularly birth injuries and injuries to children. This is a particularly challenging area of law, and a successful claim requires lawyers with extensive experience in medical malpractice, with access to top medical experts, and who have the resources to pay for a thorough investigation and lengthy trial. Our firm invests heavily in our clients' cases, and we offer that quality of representation. As a result, we can say with confidence we are one of California's premier medical malpractice firms, a statement that is supported by verdicts and settlements our lawyers have won for our clients.

Were you or a member of your family injured as a result of medical negligence? Do you know what really happened? You deserve a clear explanation. If medical malpractice did cause the injury, you deserve maximum compensation for your loss. We invite you to contact our LA office and arrange a free medical and legal consultation. Bradford S. Davis, M.D., head of our medical group, will arrange a review of your case. Whether we determine you have a claim or not, we will share everything we find with you, explaining clearly what happened and what your options are.

Our attorneys have handled almost every type of medical malpractice case. Some of the more common ones involve the following:

• Birth injuries, including failure to perform a cesarean, failure to diagnose fetal distress, and inappropriate use of forceps and suction during delivery
• Misdiagnosis Area or failure to diagnose a treatable condition such as heart disease, a stroke, diabetes, and infection, or a fracture in a timely manner
• Surgical errors, resulting in spinal cord injuries, brain damage, or death
• Emergency room and hospital mistakes, including failure to admit a patient, releasing a patient too soon, and failure to refer a patient to a specialist
• Medication errors, drug overdoses, prescription errors
• Intubation errors resulting in ventilator extubation and brain injury or death
• Laboratory mistakes, misinterpretation of x-rays and other test results
• Failure to diagnose and treat cancer
• Fatal radiation errors
• Neonatal meningitis resulting from failure to treat maternal Group B Strep
• Failure to diagnose heart conditions or treat strokes and heart attacks
• Nursing home injuries resulting from abuse or neglect

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Was a member of your family injured as a result of medical malpractice? Contact our LA office and arrange a free medical consultation. At Michels & Watkins our medical staff, led by Bradford S. Davis, M.D., will work with our medical malpractice lawyers to find out what went wrong. If there was negligence, we will hold those responsible accountable. Our Los Angeles firm serves clients throughout California and surrounding states. Our staff and the lawyers provide far more than legal services, giving our clients the support they need to survive following tragic medical accidents and other acts of negligence.