LABORATORY ERRORS & MISTAKES
What Is Medical Malpractice?
Doctors, hospitals, medical labs, and other medical professionals make mistakes. When those mistakes cause life-changing injuries or a preventable death, the medical profession needs to be held accountable for their actions. When Are Laboratory Errors Medical Malpractice?
You and your doctor depend on medical tests to determine if you have certain medical conditions. If your physician does the appropriate tests and sends tissue, biopsy, or cell samples to a medical lab, the results can determine your medical treatment. But, errors do happen with laboratory tests. A cancer may be missed. A disease or medical condition may go undiagnosed.
- A pathologist's oversight or cytologist's error can mean a failure to diagnose cancer.
- wrongful death.
- medical malpractice
- Does the lab focus on speed or quantity rather than accuracy? Are doctors and scientists reviewing the results or are unqualified lab assistants making determinations that can affect life and death?
Contact O’Connor, Parsons & Lane for Help The attorneys at O’Connor, Parsons & Lane have years and years of experience dealing with medical malpractice cases involving laboratory errors.We have handled cases against the biggest laboratories in the country, including LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics. In one wrongful birth case we handled, a mother took the precaution of going to a specialist to determine if her fetus had a rare genetic disorder. The medical testing company failed to do the test and the doctor failed to notice the omission. The baby was born with myotubular myopathy. The jury awarded $28 million to the family.
When our medical malpractice lawyers investigate laboratory errors, we look carefully at processes and procedures. Does the lab focus on speed or quantity rather than accuracy? Are doctors and scientists reviewing the results or are unqualified lab assistants making determinations that can affect life and death?
O’Connor, Parsons & Lane attorneys have the medical knowledge and extensive expertise handling cases involving laboratory errors. If a laboratory error harmed you or a loved one, talk to an experienced medical malpractice lawyer at O'Connor, Parsons & Lane. Contact us at 800-586-5817, 908-928-9200 or email us. The initial consultation is free.