Practice Areas

Medical, Hospital and Surgical negligence

        Doctors and medical staff perform treatment with dedication and skill. But the authority and trust given those professionals can lead to catastrophic injury or death where treatments, often highly risky, are performed improperly, unnecessarily, and /or without the full understanding of the patient of the risks involved. Conditions can often be misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all. Drug involvement and interaction can have serious unintended consequences which are not know to patients receiving such medications.

          Negligent medical treatment changes lives and families forever. Recovery of damages is the only mechanism available to compensate for such harm. And it is often that same mechanism of recovery which finally triggers the necessary changes in processes or personnel, and promotes safety for us all within the community.    

            If a healthcare provider treats you negligently or with substandard care, or when a medical provider fails to inform you of the material risks of procedures or treatment used, or when a medical provider guarantess that a certain injury won't occur that does occur, and damage is caused, then that provider is responsible for the damage they caused.

Oral Surgery/Dental Negligence

If an oral surgeon treats a patient negligently or with substandard care, or fails to inform patients of the material risks of procedures or treatment used, or guarantees that a certain injury won't occur that does occur, that provider is responsible for the damage they caused.

Wrongful Death

If someone is killed because someone else was negligent, and there are dependents or beneficiaries who were relying on the decedent, then the person negligent for the death should be required to take care of the damage. 

A wrongful death claim generally consists of four elements: (1) the death was caused, in whole or part, by the conduct of the defendant; (2) the defendant was negligent or strictly liable for the victim's death; (3) there is a surviving spouse, children, beneficiaries or dependents; and (4) monetary damage has resulted from the victim's death.

Employment Discrimination

If a person is given different or less favorable (disparate) treatment at work because of gender, age, religious belief, color, ethnic background, sexual orientation, pregnancy or disability, then employment discrimination may be involved.

The employer may be required to remedy the wrong by damages.

Civil Rights

If a government or law enforcement agent subjects another person to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution, that government agent and their agency may be liable for damages to the person injured. 

This category includes violation of free speech rights, abuses of power, unlawful searches and seizures, and excessive force, whether or not an arrest itself may be lawful.