Medical Malpractice

The following information on malpractice is provided by Pritzker Olsen, P.A. Our lawyers have appeared on CBS News, Fox's "Geraldo Live" and other news programs. Attorneys Fred Pritzker, Elliot Olsen and Eric Hageman have been named “Super Lawyers” by Law & Politics magazine. To contact Pritzker | Olsen, P.A. about your case involving medical malpractice, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free), e-mail our lawyers, or submit the firm’s free case evaluation form.

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Malpractice News and Topics

Bed Sores Lawsuit
Bed sores, also called pressure sores or pressure ulcers, happen when the weight of the body presses the blood out of an area long enough to deprive the tissues of their blood supply, damaging the skin and tissue.

Amputation Malpractice
The amount of compensation in an amputation malpractice case depends on the facts of the case, including the age, occupation and lifestyle of the amputation victim. An amputation lawyer at Pritzker Olsen can discuss an amputation lawsuit with you in more detail.

Resident Malpractice
According to Mayo Clinic researchers, “distress and fatigue among medical residents are independent contributors to self-perceived medical errors.”

Dr. Parvez Dara and the Hepatitis B Outbreak in New Jersey
The office of Dr. Parvez Dara in Toms River, New Jersey, has been associated with at least 29 cases of hepatitis B, according to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. The health department has sent letters to thousands of Dr. Dara’s patients recommending that they get tested for hepatitis B.

MRSA Infection Lawyer
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics. These antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin.

Darvocet Lawsuit and Darvon Lawsuit
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reported that use of propoxyphene in medications such as Darvocet has been linked to fatal overdoses.

Propoxyphene Overdose Lawsuit
There have been numerous cases of accidental overdose with propoxyphene products either alone or in combination with other CNS depressants, including alcohol. Fatalities within the first hour of overdosage are not uncommon.

Failure to Treat Staphylococcus Aureus Infection - Hospital Staph Infection Lawsuit
We recently recovered a signigicant sum for a man who was not treated for a Staphylococcus aureus infection, also called a hospital staph infection.

Implanted Neurostimulators
Patients with implanted stimulators must be treated with particular care when undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Recently, the FDA received several reports of serious injuries caused by the improper use of MRIs on patients with implanted neurological stimulators. Although these reports involved deep brain stimulators, similar injuries can be caused by any type of implanted neurological stimulator.

Pharmacy Malpractice - Wrong Prescription
We represent people who were given the wrong prescription by a pharmacy. These cases involve the pharmacy giving the patient a different medication than the one prescribed or a different dose than that prescribed.

Pharmacy Error Questionnaire
Our lawyers have provided a pharmacy error questionnaire for you to use.

Visicol Malpractice Lawsuit and OsmoPrep Malpractice Lawsuit
In December 2008, the FDA alerted health professionals to the potential risk of kidney failure associated with use of Visicol and OsmoPrep prior to a colonoscopy. Read about a

CVS Pharmacy Lawsuit
Pharmacies and pharmacists owe patients a duty of care. When that duty is breached and that breach causes harm to the patient, a pharmacy is liable for damages, meaning the pharmacy and pharmacist have to compensate the patient and/or the patient’s family for the resulting injuries or death.

C. Difficile Infection Medical Malpractice
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a bacterium that causes diarrhea and more serious intestinal conditions such as colitis.
They are diseases that result from C. difficile infections such as Colitis, more serious instestinal conditions, sepsis, and rarely death.
C. difficile infection (CDI) is mostly healthcare-associated (approximately 80%).

Misdiagnosis of Cancer - Lawsuit and Lawyer
If a misdiagnosis of cancer leads to the negligent removal of a breast, testicle, lung lobe, or other body part, you have the right to seek compensation for your “damages.”

Compounding Pharmacy Error Settlement
We have recently settled a wrongful death cases involving a compounded medication that was 10-times stronger than the prescription called for.

Walgreens Prescription Error and a Walgreens Lawsuit
A jury found that a Walgreens pharmacist gave a patient blood-thinner medication 10 times stronger than her doctor had prescribed. Jurors concluded the error caused the 42-year-old patient to suffer a serious stroke.

Knee Surgery Infection Lawsuit
If you or a loved one developed an infection after knee surgery, you may have grounds for a knee surgery infection lawsuit against a doctor, hospital and/or manufacturer of a medical device put into the knee.

Pharmacist Malpractice
A pharmacist has a degree and holds himself or herself out as having the training and ability to accurately fill prescriptions. Pharmacists are, therefore, held to a high duty of care (standard of care) that requires absolute accuracy in order processing.

Psychologist Sexual Abuse Settlement
Attorney Elliot Olsen recently settled a claim on behalf of a victim of sexual abuse by her male psychologist.

Babies Switched at Birth
Generally this happens when identification bracelets are removed and inadvertently put on the wrong baby.

Failure to Detect Infection and Treat Septic Arthritis
Pritzker | Olsen, P.A. attorneys Fred Pritzker and Elliot Olsen recently secured a $950,000 recovery on behalf of a young man who developed septic arthritis eight days following knee surgery. The suit alleged that the doctors responsible for his care failed to recognize, test and treat his knee infection.

Wrong Kidney Surgically Removed
Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minnesota surgically removed the wrong kidney, leaving a cancerous kidney in the patient.

Nursing Home Medication Error
A recent study done in North Carolina found that mistakes in prescribing, ordering and dispensing medicine are a significant problem in nursing homes. Since 2001, North Carolinea has documented the deaths of six residents in cases involving medication errors.

Pain Medication Overdose at Children's Hospitals
A recent study published in Pediatrics reviewed 960 randomly selected charts from 12 children's hospitals. The study found 107 unique adverse drug events, which, broken down, included 11.1 adverse drug events per 100 patients, 15.7 per 1000 patient-days, and 1.23 per 1000 medication doses.

Unretrieved Device Fragment
Objects left in patients after surgury can cause serious injury or death. In one case, a man's leg had to amputated when a sponge was left in his leg.

Dental Malpractice: Burn Injuries
The FDA has issued a warning regarding dental equipment that can seriously burn patients. Under certain circumstances, this could be Minnesota dental malpractice.

Methadone Overdose - Medical Malpractice
Methadone overdose in hospitals and other health care facilities can cause serious injury or death.

Emergency Room Malpractice
Most emergency room malpractice cases involve failure to diagnose, primarily failure to diagnose heart attack and failure to diagnose stroke. This can lead to death. We have handled many wrongful death lawsuits.

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection
In November and early December of 2006, Pseudomonas aeruginosa sickened 5 infants who were patients in White Memorial Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit. 2 of the infants died (see information on wrongful death). According to a report issued by the California Department of Health Services, White Memorial Medical Center staff did not sterilize laryngoscope blades, which are used to insert breathing tubes, in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations.

Medical Product
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Medical Malpractice Topics

Pharmacy Error Settlement

Our law firm recently negotiated a settlement for the family of a woman who was given ten times the prescribed dose of cochicine.

$950,000 Recovery for Failure to Diagnose Septic Arthritis

Attorneys Fred Pritzker and Elliot Olsen recently secured a $950,000 recovery on behalf of a young man who developed septic arthritis eight days following knee surgery.

Heart Lead Extraction Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Pritzker | Olsen attorneys are representing patients and their families nationwide in product liability and medical malpractice cases involving defective Medtronic Sprint Fideles defibrillator leads. Several patients have died during surgery to remove the defective Medtronic lead.

Dental Malpractice: Oral Surgery and Burn Injuries

The FDA has recently stated that poorly-maintained dental equipment has resulted in severe burns. These cases could involve both dental malpractice and product liability claims.

Hospital Malpractice Lawsuits

Hospital malpractice includes any type of medical negligence that occurs in a hospital setting, including errors by doctors, nurses, technicians and other hospital staff.

Neurosurgery Errors

Surgical errors are common and can lead to serious injury or death. In an article in the medical journal Neurosurgery that reported on a study of 1108 elective neurosurgical procedures, a neurosurgeon recorded 2684 errors in 87.1% of the cases. 22.6% of the errors were considered major. 78.5% of the errors were deemed preventable.

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