Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP represents individuals and their family members in Los Angeles who were injured by medical errors.
Medical malpractice occurs when a physician, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, hospital, clinic or other healthcare professional fails to care for a patient in accordance with the prevailing standard of care. If such negligence injures or kills the patient, the patient or the patient’s family members can seek compensation from those parties who committed malpractice.
Medical malpractice can take place during any medical procedure:
- a pediatrician may misdiagnose a child’s meningitis symptoms as another ailment;
- a nurse may administer the wrong drug;
- a lab technician may reuse unsanitary needles to draw a blood sample;
- a radiologist may misread a CAT scan or x-ray; and
- a pharmacist may fill a patient’s prescription with the wrong drug or with the incorrect dosage of the right drug;
If a doctor, nurse, hospital, or other medical professional made a mistake, our Los Angeles injury lawyers can help. Please contact our law firm now for a free consultation.
[...] After a three-year investigation by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the 72-year-old physician was arrested last October and is now set to begin his seven year sentence and forfeit $450,000 in illegally-gained payments. The judge showed leniency due to the man’s age over what was originally set to be a 20-year sentence. Four of the five deaths attributed to drugs prescribed by the physician occurred after investigations began by the DEA and all were previously-known drug addicts before becoming involved in this case of Los Angeles medical malpractice. [...]