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Thousands of people in the United States die each year as the result of medical error. According to a comprehensive and highly regarded hospital study by Harvard University, more than 1 million people suffer injuries each year as a result of mistakes caused by doctors, anesthesiologists, residents, nurses, technicians and malfunctioning medical devices. Medical malpractice also occurs in other settings, such as doctor’s offices or nursing homes. Most of the victims never know their injury was due to medical error. And most never sue. (Learn more.)

But investigations into such personal injury cases often reveal medical malpractice on the part of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals. And many lead to successful medical malpractice lawsuits. Whether failure to timely diagnose disease (see The Welteroth Case), inattention to patients (Caruso, Ebel, Gallagher) or birth injuries due to negligence (The $100 million Vlasny Case), the results are often catastrophic. Patients suffer injuries ranging from birth defects to brain damage to spinal cord injuries. In many cases, the patient dies. (See all news articles)

If you or a loved were the victim of medical malpractice, you may want to contact a medical malpractice attorney for a free evaluation of your case.

Among the more common instances of medical malpractice is the fact that many people contract infections while being hospitalized. A survey of Pennsylvania hospitals released showed that 19,154 patients were infected in a hospital in 2005 and that 2,478 died. (Click here to learn more about hospital infections.) And an average of more than one person every day in the United States dies from a medication error. (See article.)

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Kline & Specter, P.C., has some 30 highly trained attorneys and a wealth of experience in medical malpractice lawsuits. Several of the firm's lawyers are also skilled physicians (See The Doctor/Lawyer Team). The firm has won a litany of large settlements and verdicts in medical malpractice cases, including eight verdicts for $20 million or more. (See Major Victories.) The law firm attorneys employ exhaustive investigation, the latest technology and courtroom experience to insure maximized results.

The firm handles cases in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. For cases outside those states, Kline & Specter works with local attorneys in each state as applicable. Contact a medical malpractice lawyer

News Articles about some of Kline & Specter's major medical malpractice cases.

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News

A jury awards a $12 million medical malpractice verdict to a woman whose delayed treatment at a hospital left her in a permanent vegetative state. The woman walked into the emergency room after being shot in the head with an air gun and was left waiting more than five hours for treatment. She was finally flown by helicopter to another hospital, where she was rushed into surgery. The delay in treatment allowed bleeding and pressure on her brain to cause permanent damage, leaving her in a virtually unconscious state. (Full story)
A jury awards a $4.25 million medical malpractice verdict to the family of a woman who died shortly after giving birth from a ruptured aneurism in a renal artery. Although an ultrasound showed blood near her kidney, physicians waited 16 hours before trying to stem the bleeding. (Full story)
A woman who had 13 teeth mistakenly removed has won a $2 million medical malpractice lawsuit. The woman sought treatment at a dental clinic and agreed to have a dentist pull three teeth. During the procedure, the dentist mistakenly removed all 16 of her top teeth. (Full story)

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