Emergency Room Malpractice
California Emergency Room Malpractice Lawyers
Emergency rooms are the busiest and often, the most compact areas in hospitals. Doctors and medical professionals must be in constant communication, and any errors that occur can jeopardize a patient’s health and safety. If a medical professional has acted negligently when you were a patient in an emergency room and you have suffered a life-altering injury or loss, the lawyers at Mitchell Leeds, LLP may look to represent your interests.
Recognized as San Francisco’s premier medical malpractice law firm, our attorneys and legal team represent people in emergency room malpractice claims throughout California. We offer straightforward advice, committed representation and assertive advocacy for clients.
If you or someone you care about has suffered an injury due to negligence in an emergency room, the Mitchell Leeds, LLP can help. Call 415-702-9928 now for a free consultation. Serving the San Francisco Bay area.
Emergency Room Malpractice In California
Common emergency room errors can include:
- Failure to diagnose
- Cancer, stroke, brain aneurysm, heart attack
- Failure to monitor a patient
- Failure to order appropriate testing
- Misdiagnosis
Medical malpractice claims are complicated on many different levels. Attorneys Jeff S. Mitchell and Nathaniel M. Leeds and their supporting legal team understand both the medical aspects and legal components of these claims, and understand how to anticipate challenges before they arise. We promote continuous communication with our clients and offer compassionate, assertive legal counsel.
A Reputable Team
Doctors and other medical staff who have acted negligently should be held accountable for their actions, and the legal team at Mitchell Leeds, LLP will take the initiative in representing you in your claim. At our firm we are solely focused on medical malpractice claims, and are held in high regard by physicians and insurance professionals. We only represent people who have suffered from catastrophic injuries or have lost loved ones, and take a thorough and proactive approach to preparing claims.
Contact Mitchell Leeds, LLP
We welcome the opportunity to talk to you about your injury or loss. Please contact our Emergency Room Malpractice Lawyers by calling 415-702-9928 or by completing a short intake form. We do not charge for initial consultations and will set meetings convenient to your schedule. Located in San Francisco, we represent clients throughout California.
What is your experience handling emergency room malpractice cases?
From Nathaniel’s interview for the Masters of the Courtroom series on ReelLawyers.com.
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I’ve handled probably over a hundred
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cases of malpractice that arose in
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emergency rooms in one way or another
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not all of those have gone all the way
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through to litigation but it’s a very
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regular part of our practice because you
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know emergency rooms are where healthy
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people go when something has happened
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that is emergent and when they’re
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treated well emergency rooms are amazing
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places they take you from a place where
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you were potentially going to die and
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you can go you know walk out living a
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normal life when things go badly in
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emergency rooms people end up horribly
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injured and so I’ve represented a lot of
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people in emergency in the emergency
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room contacts and we continue to have
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that that’s a very significant part of
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our practice
How do you approach emergency room malpractice cases?
From Jeff’s interview for the Masters of the Courtroom series on ReelLawyers.com.
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they’re not a lot different than other
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malpractice cases but
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you know your cases are interesting
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because you know your doctors have a
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very particular specific role in the
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healthcare delivery system and they’re
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essentially there to identify
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the bad things that can kill you quickly
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and then get you to the right people
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to solve your medical problem and so
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juries tend to have a lot of empathy for
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ER doctors and Frontline nurses uh
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particularly after covid we really
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strive to with ER cases to really figure
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out was the physician
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um kind of using the right diagnostic
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process to kind of come to the more
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likely diagnoses and get the patient off
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to the right consultants and there’s an
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old adage in ER medicine it’s you know
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worse first you want to identify the
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worst possible conditions that may be
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affecting that patient of the ER and
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then work work down from there so when
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we negotiate those cases you know we
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always recognize that your doctors
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aren’t going to always be perfect you
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know they might get things wrong but if
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they go down the right diagnostic
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algorithm they’re going to be cut a lot
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of slack by juries so we we recognize
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that when we negotiate and settle those
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cases
”In over 25 years of practice on the defense side of malpractice cases, Jeff Mitchell is the attorney I fear most. He takes very good cases. Jeff has the medicine and the applicable literature down cold. He is without a doubt the best cross-examiner I have ever seen. I have paid his clients a lot of money over the years.
John M.Fellow Attorney
”Nathaniel never gave up, even when the other party was playing foul. He represented me when three other lawyers told me my case was a losing battle, and we won. He is kind, yet will make the other party soil their pants in fear for messing with you, and get this - his rate is decent and fair for the work he does. Nathaniel works with integrity and professionalism, which is why I think he is one of the last good lawyers in San Francisco.
Marna P.Former Client