Have you experienced a medical malpractice mistake? Understand the legal definition of “negligence” to determine whether you have a medical malpractice lawsuit resulting from anesthesia errors. Learn how to get help by contacting Tom Kiley, personal injury and medical malpractice attorney.

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$ 3.5 million Settlement for
auto injury

Our eighteen-year-old client was driving on an interstate into the early morning sun. As he drove over a rise in the road, he struck a car that was disabled and stopped in the middle of the road because a 150-pound wheel and tire detached from a tractor-trailer rig traveling in the opposite direction. The lugs holding the tire had broken off, causing the tire and wheel to travel across the median strip, and hit and disable the stopped vehicle.
Awarded: $ 3.5 million

$1,000,000 Jury Verdict for
86 year-old woman

Our client an 86 year-old woman sustained an injury after being struck by a bus. The inattentive bus driver was warned by a passenger that the woman was crossing in front of the bus but could not stop in time to avoid impact.
Awarded: $1,000,000

$785,000 Settlement for
crushed ankle

Our client was operating his motorcycle on a two-lane road when a large box truck made a U-turn into his path of travel. The client attempted to avoid the collision by laying his motorcycle on its side. Unfortunately his lower leg and ankle came in contact with the truck causing seven fractures and soft tissue injury.
Awarded: $785,000

DISCLAIMER: Please note that every case is different and these verdicts and settlements, while accurate, do not represent what we may obtain for you in your case.

Anesthesia Errors Due to Negligence (Part A)

When you're recovering from surgery, anesthesia errors might not be immediately apparent, especially if the effects build over the long term. That's bad news in the case of anesthesia injuries caused by negligence. Most states have a 2-year statute of limitations for filing lawsuits related to medical malpractice. This controls the number of claims in the courts. So does the high expense of bringing a malpractice suit to trial-most lawyers can only take cases that have a good chance of financial success.

That means that you must compile the facts surrounding your anesthesia-related problems with care and weigh them against legal criteria for negligent behavior by a care provider.

Negligence may be proved when:

A duty of care was promised in exchange for a fee AND
The care provider failed to perform to accepted standards AND
This failure caused a physical or mental personal injury AND
The injury damaged the individual financially, mentally or physically.

To satisfy these criteria in court, you'll need to present medical bills or copies of insurance premium payments. Your attorney will have to locate an expert witness or two to define accepted standards and the deviance from them. More medical testimony may be necessary to show that the behavior caused your specific injuries. You may need further professional corroboration to demonstrate that the injuries left physical or mental debilitation. If you lost money or peace of mind over it all, you can request economic reparation over and above your medical bills.

If you believe that your injuries warrant this type of effort, you may be able to sue individual medical professionals, the hospital and/or product manufacturers. As you consider the facts of your surgical experience and elements of your claim against the provider, remember the criteria for negligence that they must fulfill. Without satisfying them, a jury cannot make a decision in your favor.

A personal injury attorney that specializes in medical malpractice in Boston, Massachusetts can advise you on the legal issues relevant to your claim. It is important that the lawyer has handled these types of cases and that the attorney understands complex medical malpractice issues.

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The personal injury attorneys at The Kiley Law Group are dedicated to helping the victims of:

Car, motorcycle, truck, van or bus accident
Single vehicle accidents such as SUV or 15-passenger van rollovers
Pedestrian accidents such as a hit and run
Defective products such as ineffective airbags or seatbelts, prescription drugs with unpublicized side-effects, or hazardous children's toys
Child injury and child abuse such as negligence
Birth injuries such as trauma during labor or cerebral palsy

We Serve Clients Across the State of Massachusetts & Salem, New Hampshire
The firm's headquarters are in Andover, MA and serves the following cities in Massachusetts: Boston, Danvers, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Methuen, Middleton, Reading, and Salem, MA and Salem, New Hampshire.

Massachusetts personal injury lawyer, Thomas M. Kiley, is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and is a respected member of the American Association for Justice and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.

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