Failure to Diagnose Cancer
Al Goodman Focuses on Failure to Diagnose Cancer
If you or a loved one has suffered failure to diagnose cancer that caused permanent injuries or even death, we can help you recover substantial monetary damages that will help you rebuild your life and give you and your family financial stability.
With over forty-five years of experience, Alan Goodman and A Good Law Firm is ready to work hard, fight for you and get the results you deserve. Has failure to diagnose cancer changed your life, derailed your life, caused disfigurement or loss of function and use? If so, better call Al and get your failure to diagnose cancer medical malpractice case started today.
We are totally accessible to you as we do not charge any upfront fees or expenses. Our consultations are always free and you pay nothing unless we win your case. Our fee is paid as a standard percentage of the amount collected from the insurance companies. Your settlement and recovery are tax-free.
Misdiagnosis and Failure to Diagnose Cancer
Misdiagnosing cancer or diagnosing cancer when it’s too late to treat successfully is a serious error that should not occur. Physicians are trained to detect symptoms and signs that point to early stages of this illness. They are even equipped with numerous advanced diagnostic tools such as, biopsies, digital mammograms, MRIs, and Cat/CT scans, so failing to diagnose or misdiagnosing cancer should never occur. Yet, thousands of patients suffer from a failure to diagnose or a misdiagnosis and as a result, suffer dire consequences.
If there is any possibility of cancer, prompt and thorough testing is essential. A failure to diagnose cancer deprives the patient of an adequate opportunity to seek medical treatment as soon as possible and often leads to a worse prognosis or death. If you or a loved one has suffered as a result of a misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose, you may be entitled to compensation for the harm caused. Attorney Alan Goodman and A Good Law Firm has successfully handled medical malpractice involving all types of cancer and has extensive experience in delayed cancer diagnosis claims.
Holding a Doctor Accountable for a Failure to Diagnose or Misdiagnose Cancer
For most types of cancers, early and correct diagnosis can make a significant difference in a patient’s prognosis. Thus, it is crucial for physicians to make the correct diagnosis as early as possible. A failure to diagnose may occur when a physician entirely misses the connection between a patient’s symptoms and a certain medical condition, causing no course of treatment to be taken. As a result of this failure, the patient does not get the proper medical care needed to treat the condition.
Common examples of Failure to Diagnose Cancer
The most common types of cancers that doctors fail to diagnose include:
Bladder cancer
Breast cancer
Cervical cancer
Testicular cancer
Colon cancer
Kidney cancer
Gastric cancer
Oral cancer
Esophageal cancer
Spinal cancer
Lung cancer
Skin cancer
Soft-tissue Sarcoma cancer
Damages Recoverable from Failure to Diagnose Cancer
A patient who has suffered harm from a doctor’s failure to diagnose will be required to show that the physician owed the patient a duty of care, the physician breached that duty of care, the patient suffered an injury, and the patient’s injury was a direct result of the physician’s breach. Medical malpractice results when a healthcare provider’s conduct falls below the professional standard of care.
Cancer medical malpractice cases involve complex legal and medical issues. Like any medical malpractice claim, delayed diagnosis of cancer cases require a sophisticated team of legal professionals who have experience working closely with medical specialists and experts. If you have lost a loved one due to a physician’s failure to diagnose cancer, you may be able to file a wrongful death claim against the at-fault party. As a victim of medical malpractice, you may be entitled to compensation for your harm. While the forms of compensation may vary, a victim can generally seek damages arising from a failure to diagnose, including medical expenses incurred prior to your loved one’s death, loss of income and household services, loss of companionship, and funeral and burial costs.
Recovery is unique in cancer wrongful death cases. The concept of "loss of chance" is recognized under Massachusetts law. The attorney retains an expert medical witness to give an opinion on what the chance of survival would have been had an earlier diagnosis been made and treatment started. This percentage is used in the calculation of damages to be awarded where it is proven that the delay caused, contributed to or accelerated the death.
Failure to Diagnose Cancer Case Results
Failure to Diagnose Cancer in Western Massachusetts
Attorney Alan Goodman serves the following communities in Western Massachusetts. If you need a failure to diagnose cancer lawyer in Western Massachusetts, better call Al!
Springfield
Chicopee
Westfield
Holyoke
Northampton
Amherst
Greenfield
Easthampton
Southampton
Longmeadow
East Longmeadow
Wilbraham
Hampden
Palmer
Monson
Brimfield
Ware
Ludlow
Belchertown
Granby
South Hadley
Southwick
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