MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWYERS
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Medical Malpractice
What Is Medical Malpractice?
Medical malpractice occurs when a doctor, nurse, hospital, or other healthcare provider fails to meet the accepted standard of care — and a patient is harmed as a result. Not every bad outcome is malpractice, but when negligence causes injury, the law provides a path to compensation.
Failure to Diagnose
Missed or delayed diagnoses — including cancer misdiagnosis — can cost patients critical treatment time and worsen outcomes.
Surgical Errors
Wrong-site surgery, retained instruments, and preventable surgical complications can cause lifelong harm.
Emergency Room Errors
Rushed or negligent emergency care can turn a treatable condition into a catastrophic injury.
Birth Injuries & OB/GYN Malpractice
Negligence during pregnancy, labor, or delivery can injure both mother and child.
Medication Errors
Wrong drugs, wrong doses, and dangerous interactions harm patients who trusted their providers to get it right.
Hospital & Nursing Negligence
Understaffing, poor monitoring, and systemic failures in hospitals and care facilities can support a malpractice claim.
DEFENDANTS
Who Can Be Held Liable?
Medical malpractice claims can name every provider and institution whose negligence contributed to the harm — and identifying all of them is often key to full compensation.
Doctors & Surgeons
Physicians who misdiagnose, operate negligently, or fail to treat within the standard of care can be held personally liable for the harm they cause.
Hospitals & Medical Facilities
Hospitals can be liable for their staff's negligence — and for their own failures in staffing, training, supervision, and patient safety systems.
Nurses, Pharmacists & Other Providers
Nurses, pharmacists, anesthesiologists, and other licensed providers each owe patients a duty of care — and each can be accountable when they breach it.
COMPENSATION
What Can I Recover?
While nothing can undo the harm caused by a medical error, the law allows you to seek compensation for your losses through a medical malpractice lawsuit. Damages generally fall into these categories:
Economic Damages
Medical expenses, therapy bills, lost wages, and other out-of-pocket costs directly resulting from the injury are recoverable in a civil lawsuit.
Non-Economic Damages
Past, current, and future emotional distress, pain and suffering, and diminished quality of life — the physical and mental toll the injury has taken — are also compensable.
Punitive Damages
In cases of egregious conduct — such as a provider concealing an error or a facility ignoring known dangers — courts may award additional punitive damages to punish the defendant and deter future misconduct.
GGH Has Won Over $2 Billion for Its Clients
Gould Grieco & Hensley is a national, boutique personal injury firm recognized as leaders in medical malpractice litigation. Our attorneys have secured unprecedented results against the world’s largest institutional defendants.
“Our clients want accountability for what happened to their children and their family, but they also want to see that this doesn’t continue to happen to other kids and to other families.”
— GGH Partners
YOUR ATTORNEYS
GGH Is Fighting for Families Like Yours
Navigating the complexities of medical malpractice law requires not only expertise but a deep understanding of the devastating physical, emotional, and financial effects that medical errors can have on victims and their families. At GGH, we bring decades of experience and a steadfast commitment to helping individuals harmed by negligent care.
A GGH attorney can advise you on the next steps and weigh whether filing a claim or lawsuit is right for you. Our firm handles these cases on a contingency basis — you never pay out of pocket.
You never pay out of pocket.
WE WORK ON CONTINGENCY
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You only pay if we secure compensation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
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