You can sue a hospital for a wrongful death if you have evidence that negligence caused the death of a loved one. This negligence may include a surgical error, a malfunction in medical equipment, or a mistake with medication.
To find out what steps to take after losing someone to a hospital staff’s mistake, you can speak to a real Bakersfield Wrongful Death Lawyer. We want to sit down with families to make sure they understand their rights and the best options for earning justice after a tragedy that should have been prevented.
When to Seek a Lawyer for Your Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case
Families who lose a loved one to a medical error can file a wrongful death claim against doctors, a hospital, and in many cases, both, to seek justice. But insurance companies representing the at-fault parties will often make it very difficult for loved ones to get financial support at such a difficult time.
A wrongful death case will always be complex, and involving lawyers representing a hospital only increases the difficulty for families to win any sort of assistance.
A skilled lawyer is a safeguard for families when hospitals try to avoid blame. Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers would fully investigate what happened and gather all evidence necessary to make sure families received the full benefits they needed to rebuild their lives.
These are a few of the situations where your family could benefit from the help of a medical malpractice wrongful death lawyer:
- When an unhelpful insurance company refuses to pay your family what’s fair
- When the hospital involves a team of lawyers to fight your claim
- When a doctor or hospital denies blame
- When medical expert testimony will be needed to help prove what happened
- When an insurer doesn’t want to offer support for the emotional trauma that your family must find a way to cope with
Families can always file a wrongful death claim on their own, but they will often fail to secure everything possible. Our lawyers negotiate for the maximum in settlement money possible, and this is often far more than families can hope to win by taking on a giant hospital and insurance company themselves.
Families Should Reach Out to Us for a Free, No-Risk Consultation
Families who don’t know if they have a case or not should immediately schedule a free, case consultation with a respectful and compassionate attorney. There’s no obligation for this meeting, and it’s strictly confidential.
It’s a no-risk option to get your family’s questions answered and learn about the sort of support your family should demand.
What Should My Family Receive After Losing Someone to a Hospital Mistake
Doctors and nurses fight for the lives of patients every day. But in moments of carelessness or disregard, they can end up causing serious harm to people who are already in poor condition.
Those at fault may be sorry, but they are required to do more. They must help families recover emotionally and financially from such a blow.
A lawyer would be compiling a list of the family’s current hardships leftover from a tragedy. That list must also include the difficulties family members may face in the future.
These costs and damages, and others, should be covered by the hospital’s professional liability insurance provider:
- A burial
- Leftover medical bills
- Lost paychecks that the deceased may have provided to support family members
- Remaining hospital bills
- The emotional trauma caused
- The loss of companionship in the future
- The loss of security, love, and guidance from a loved one
Families will also miss the loving presence of those taken away when it’s time for special life events. This can include weddings, the birth of children, and grandchildren. This loss must also factor into any settlement offer.
The Most Common Factors in Hospital Wrongful Death Accidents
Hospital staff in Bakersfield work hard to heal the sick and help accident victims survive and recover. The care at Adventist Health Bakersfield or at Mercy Hospital can save lives.
Sometimes the loss of life can’t be prevented, but it’s a shock when we suspect a nurse’s, a doctor’s, or a hospital administrator’s mistake caused the loss of life.
These are a few of the common mistakes made in hospitals that lead to the loss of a patient that could have been prevented:
- Misdiagnosis of medical condition
- Delayed diagnosis of medical condition
- Errors with medications and dosages
- Fatal mistakes made by an anesthesiologist
- Failure to monitor patients closely enough
- Surgical errors
- Failure to obtain consent from the patient or family member
- The hospital’s failure to hire enough staff members to ensure safety
- The hospital’s failure in hiring someone with an unsafe record
- The hospital’s failure to monitor employees to ensure the best and safest care
An error may be plain to see, but regardless, you will require evidence to win a medical malpractice case. An experienced lawyer can help you secure important evidence from the hospital. A skilled attorney would also be gathering witness testimony. A lawyer would call upon expert medical witnesses to testify how a small mistake had devastating consequences for your family member.
Contact a Bakersfield Hospital Wrongful Death Lawyer
If you lost a family member to a mistake made in an emergency room, an operating room, or in a Kern County hospital room, you will want to reach out to us as soon as possible.
Contact us to set up a free, confidential consultation. Let’s figure out the best way to help your family recover after such a tragedy.
One thing you don’t need to worry about is how you’ll pay a lawyer. Your family doesn’t have to have any upfront money to hire Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers of Bakersfield. If you need us, we don’t get paid unless we win your case. Then our attorney’s fee comes out of the settlement check that a hospital insurance company must send you.