When Failure to Diagnose Illness Results in Injury or Death
Experienced medical malpractice attorneys
Managed care providers and insurance companies are often more concerned with managing money than with managing the care of people. When an insurance company steps in to tell doctors what to do, it can put barriers in the way of accurate and timely diagnosis.
When a prompt and accurate diagnosis is essential — as with acute illness and some fast-growing cancers — the loss of weeks, days, or even a few hours can be critical. A delay in diagnosis or a misdiagnosis because of lack of proper testing can be deadly.
If you believe that your medical condition worsened, or that your loved one died because of a failure to promptly diagnose an illness or repeated misdiagnosis, talk with an experienced medical malpractice lawyer and get the facts. Contact Denner Pellegrino, LLP, online or call toll free 1-866-348-0900 to speak with a lawyer in one of our offices in Boston, Springfield, Providence or New York City.
How we help
At Denner Pellegrino, we have a dedicated group of medical malpractice attorneys who investigate and litigate injury claims involving misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, and delayed diagnosis.
We have a long record of success in helping patients who have been harmed and families whose loved ones have died prematurely because of failure to diagnose breast cancer, other cancers, heart attacks and strokes because a doctor:
- Failed to order tests
- Failed to follow up with additional testing
- Failed to refer the patient for a mammogram or a biopsy
- Failed to refer the patient to a specialist
- Misinterpreted or misdiagnosed the symptoms and sent a patient home from the emergency room prematurely
Hospitals themselves can contribute to the problem when their policies or understaffing makes it difficult to respond promptly to critically ill patients in the emergency room and that delay in treatment leads to injury or death. We work to hold all responsible parties accountable.
Speak with a lawyer who can truly understand your situation
We make it easy to consult a lawyer about injuries caused by misdiagnosis. We offer evening and weekend appointments, and we can visit you at home or in the hospital if you cannot come to us. Our lawyers and staff speak Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Russian and several South Asian languages. We can provide translators for speakers of other languages.
We charge no fee for an initial consultation, and we send no bill unless we recover compensation for you. Contact Denner Pellegrino to learn more. Call us toll free at 1-866-348-0900, or call our Springfield Office directly at 1-413-746-4400 or our Boston Office at 1-617-227-2800.
