Medical Malpractice
When you seek medical treatment, you place your trust and sometimes your life in the hands of healthcare professionals. While most doctors provide excellent care, preventable mistakes occur in Connecticut hospitals and other care facilities.
If a healthcare provider’s negligence caused you or a loved one harm, you may be entitled to compensation. At Cramer & Anderson, we hold negligent medical providers accountable and fight to secure the justice you deserve.
What Qualifies as Medical Malpractice in Connecticut?
Medical malpractice occurs when a doctor, nurse, hospital, or any other licensed professional or entity that provides medical services fails to comply with the “standard of care” expected in their field, resulting in injury or death.
To win a case in Connecticut, you must prove that:
- A provider-patient relationship existed.
- The provider was negligent (they deviated from the standard of care).
- The negligence caused your injury.
- You suffered specific damages (medical bills, lost wages, physical injury, pain and suffering).
Cases Cramer & Anderson Handles
Our experienced Medical Malpractice team represents victims across Connecticut in a wide range of medical negligence cases, including:
- Surgical Errors: Operating on the wrong site, leaving instruments inside a patient, or anesthesia errors, for example.
- Misdiagnosis or Delayed Diagnosis: Failure to identify such things as cancer, heart disease, or stroke in a timely manner.
- Medication Errors: Prescribing the wrong dosage or a drug that causes a dangerous interaction.
- Pharmacy Prescription Errors: Examples include dispensing the wrong medication, providing a higher or lower dose than prescribed, failing to identify drug interactions, neglecting patient allergies, and inadequate counseling or mislabeling.
- Hospital Negligence: Inadequate staffing, poor sanitation leading to infections, or lack of proper monitoring and care.
- Nursing Home Negligence: Examples include not repositioning a bedridden patient according to a clinical schedule, leading to stage IV pressure sores that reach the bone and cause life-threatening sepsis, medication management errors, failure to prevent or treat falls, unmonitored dehydration or malnutrition, delayed diagnosis of infection, and failing to maintain supervision and security levels in a way that allows a resident to wander out of a facility and suffer harm.
Connecticut’s Medical Malpractice Laws
Navigating malpractice claims in Connecticut requires significant knowledge of and experience with Connecticut statutes and case law applicable to these types of claims, which can be some of the most difficult of negligence claims to litigate.
For example, medical malpractice actions must commence within specific time limitations, after which taking action will be barred. You should consult with an attorney as soon as possible to make sure your claims and rights are protected.
Under Connecticut law, the victim of medical malpractice can recover:
- Economic Damages: Compensation for medical bills (past and future), lost wages, and loss of earning capacity.
- Non-Economic Damages: Compensation for any physical injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, and loss of enjoyment of life.
Connecticut does not cap damages in medical malpractice cases, meaning there is no legal limit on the amount a jury can award.
Why Choose Cramer & Anderson?
We understand that a medical injury changes your life. We provide:
- Free Consultations: We review your records at no cost to determine if you have a case.
- Aggressive Advocacy: We aren’t afraid to take on major hospital systems, healthcare networks and their attorneys. One of our lead medical malpractice attorneys, Partner Chris Sochacki, practiced as an insurance defense litigator for 17 years, giving him significant strategic insight concerning how medical providers and their defense counsel handle the litigation of claims. In addition, Attorney Sochacki was a licensed paramedic for over 10 years, providing him with a solid knowledge base and understanding of medical issues and terminology.
Contact a Cramer & Anderson Medical Malpractice Attorney Today
Do not wait to seek legal advice. Evidence can disappear, and strict filing deadlines apply.
Contact Partner Chris Sochacki by phone at (860) 567-8718 or by email at csochacki@cramer-anderson.com to schedule your free, confidential case evaluation. You may also reach out using our contact form.
