Medical Malpractice

Rockford, Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Whether involving a doctor or surgeon, a hospital or clinic, the fact is that medical mistakes kill and injure thousands of people in Illinois each year.  Medical malpractice or medical negligence happens when a medical provider, whether an anesthesiologist, doctor, nurse, or other health care professional working in a clinic, hospital or HMO, acts in a manner that falls below the accepted standard of care in the medical community. Barrett & Gilbert understands the complex legal issues involving medical negligence and medical malpractice, including inadequate care, mistakes and errors in medical treatment, misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, and other mistakes made by anesthesiologists, doctors, surgeons and nurses in hospitals and clinics throughout Illinois and Wisconsin. Our mission is to help injured people get fair compensation for their injuries, under circumstances in which medical care provided to them falls below the level of skill and care required.

Examples of Medical Malpractice

Barrett & Gilbert handles medical malpractice and medical negligence cases involving:

• Anesthesia errors and anesthesiologist negligence
• Birth injuries, erbs palsy and cerebral palsy
• Brain injuries and traumatic brain injuries
• Delayed diagnosis of a medical condition
• Emergency room errors, delays and negligent treatment
• Errors and mistakes in diagnosis and treatment
• Failure to diagnose cancer
• Failure to diagnose a heart condition
• Failure to diagnose medical conditions before serious or  fatal consequences develop
• Medication mistakes and prescription errors
• Injuries from misdiagnosis of a medical condition
• Obstetrical and gynecological malpractice
• Psychiatric malpractice
• Surgical mistakes, surgical errors and surgeon malpractice
• X-ray and diagnostic imaging misreading and misdiagnosis

Protecting Northern Illinois & Southern Wisconsin

We are licensed in Illinois and Wisconsin, and many of our cases are from Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin, including Rockford, Madison, Beloit and the Illinois counties of Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, DeKalb, Lee, Ogle,  and Carroll, as well as the Wisconsin counties of Green, Rock, Dane and Lafayette. If you have additional questions or concerns about medical negligence or medical malpractice please contact us today for a free initial consultation.  For an in-depth discussion of a variety of personal injury and wrongful death law topics, please visit our E-Newsletter,  Medical Malpractice, or Personal Injury pages.  For immediate assistance call us in Rockford, Illinois at 815-332-9600.  We look forward to helping you.