Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice - Nursing Home Abuse
Schedule a consultation with an experienced lawyer at the Law Offices of Reed Schifferman in Seattle. Attorney Schifferman is known for the successful resolution of challenging medical malpractice cases. His law firm also handles auto accidents and injuries resulting from use of defective products. If someone's negligence has caused you or someone you love serious harm, hold them accountable.
Contact us regarding any of the following legal issues:
- Medical negligence: We assist individuals and families in search of answers and help after an injury or death due to medical negligence. Talk with us about the facts and circumstances of surgical errors, birth injuries, cancer misdiagnosis, medication errors, nurse malpractice, or hospital malpractice.
- Nursing home neglect or abuse: Extensive investigation may be required to determine the precise causes behind a fall, an unexplained injury, malnourishment, bed sores (pressure ulcers), or dehydration.
- Defective products: A serious injury may have been caused by a defective product such as the following:
- Construction tools or equipment
- Crane, forklift, cherry picker, scaffolding, or ladder
- Dangerous drugs
- Unsafe toys
- Medical devices
- Stamping press
- Industrial machinery
- Car parts: brakes, airbags, seatbelts, steering systems
- Motor vehicle accidents: If you are looking for an attorney who will hurriedly settle your truck wreck case for the sake of getting it over with quickly, you should look elsewhere. But if you seek full justice and want a lawyer to fully represent you, you are invited to discuss your accident and injuries with Mr. Schifferman.
- Birth injuries: Beyond the heartbreak that a family experiences when a birth injury leaves a baby disabled, there are numerous expenses to face soon after birth as well as later on:
- Speech and physical therapy
- Medication
- Special education
- Adaptive equipment
- Misdiagnosis: Diseases and medical conditions which often can be successfully combated with prompt, proper diagnosis and treatment include the following:
- Strokes
- Heart attacks
- Cancers
- Infections
- Disease
- Failure to diagnose cancer / cancer misdiagnosis: Early detection and prompt treatment leads to the best possible outcome when faced with cancer. Many faced with breast cancer, prostate cancer, oral cancer, colon cancer, cervical cancer, leukemia, or other cancers go on to have a normal life. The failure to diagnose, test or act upon positive tests can have tragic consequences as the opportunity to treat is lost.
- Brain and spinal cord injuries: Few turns of fate in life are more frightening or disruptive than to suffer brain damage or a spinal cord injury. After the trauma and shock of the accident, an attorney can help the paralyzed or seriously disabled victim and his or her family deal with the aftermath.
- Wrongful death: Family members face overwhelming challenges when a mother, father, husband, wife, or child dies as a result of a surgical error, nursing home neglect, an injury caused by a defective product, or a deadly crash involving motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses, bicycles, pedestrians, motorcycles). Medical expenses and funeral expenses are often only the beginning of the economic consequences that compound a profound personal loss.
We offer initial consultations at no charge to injured people and their families. Contact us by phone or e-mail from Washington, Oregon, or anywhere in the Pacific Northwest.
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