Medical Negligence

Seattle Medical Malpractice Attorney

Mr. Schifferman has successfully practiced in several areas of law. He is renowned as a medical negligence lawyer across the Pacific Northwest. This is a highly specialized and challenging area of practice. It is highly technical, complicated, and is best handled by an experienced attorney such as Reed Schifferman.

Medical malpractice can take many forms including failure to refer patients to appropriate specialists, failure to investigate suspicious symptoms, delayed or misdiagnosis, surgical error, emergency room error, improper treatment, and prescription (medication) errors.

Contact our law firm to schedule a consultation if you or a family member suffered injury, or if a family member died as a result of gross medical negligence.

In recent years, efforts to streamline healthcare policies and procedures have resulted in harm to many patients. Understaffing of medical facilities, insurance denial quagmires, and institutional pressures on physicians have all contributed to rising rates of medical mistakes. A national study estimates 98,000 people die each year due to preventable medical mistakes. Many times that number are injured needlessly, and many of these injuries are life altering through no fault of the patient.

Individuals and families in search of answers and help after an injury or death due to medical malpractice are encouraged to contact us to talk with an experienced lawyer.