Hospital Malpractice
California Hospital Negligence Lawyers – Protecting Patients’ Rights
Patients in hospitals suffer from a wide range of injuries and illnesses. Every patient requires different treatments and deserves exemplary care from the medical practitioner who is treating him or her. Doctors or medical staff who act negligently cause unnecessary injuries that could have otherwise been avoided.
Patients who are victims of medical malpractice need strong advocacy, and at Mitchell Leeds, LLP we pledge to stand by your side. At our Bay Area law firm, we offer a very unique level of experience to our clients. We are a trusted law firm and receive many referrals from adversaries, doctors and other medical professionals. Our clients know what to expect throughout the legal process and appreciate the level of truly personal service we provide.
Lawyers Who Will Investigate The Cause Of Hospital Negligence And Hold Doctors Accountable
The attorneys at our firm have the breadth and depth of experience necessary to evaluate a claim. We thoroughly investigate situations involving hospital malpractice, from examining communication chains among medical professionals to examining where missed steps in treating a patient may have occurred. Hospital malpractice claims can also involve different types of emergency room malpractice.
We have experience representing people who have been injured in situations involving:
- Failure to diagnose a condition or disease
- Spinal cord injuries
- Brain injuries
- Surgical errors
- Anesthesia errors
At Mitchell Leeds, LLP, we also have extensive experience advocating for families in wrongful death claims. If you have lost a loved one, we will strongly support your family through the legal process.
Respected In The Community
We will collaborate closely with the insurance carrier and the defense attorneys in order to develop an effective legal strategy for your case. Our goal is to resolve the legal issue at hand without compromising the quality of our client’s claim. We are highly skilled at negotiating settlements, yet are not afraid to take a case to trial. At our firm we continuously offer comprehensive, effective legal counsel.
Contact Our San Francisco Hospital Negligence Lawyers
We welcome the opportunity to talk to you about your injury or loss. Please contact our team 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.
Can you tell us about a memorable hospital malpractice case you handled?
From Nathaniel’s interview for the Masters of the Courtroom series on ReelLawyers.com.
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last year we had a very significant very
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sad case involving a young man who
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walked into the hospital with what was
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clearly concerning symptoms related to
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swelling in his brain for the longest
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time as we looked at the case we could
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not figure out why nobody responded
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until we got the cell phone records of
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the residents who were overseeing his
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care as is so often the case in
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hospitals there’s one story that is in
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the official record and there’s another
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story of what’s actually happening to
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the patient and what we saw in those
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residences were residents who were not
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given proper guidance who were kind of
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left to flounder on their own and were
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making mistakes and nobody was
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responding to them and nobody was
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helping them understand what our patient
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what our client needed and the result
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was catastrophic that our client didn’t
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get the care he needed he ended up with
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a very bad brain injury in that case we
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have these kind of parallel records we
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had the official record and then we had
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all the text messages between the
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residents and that created a kind of a
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secondary sub record of what was really
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going on
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and it’s a very dangerous practice
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because basically what was happening was
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everybody under 40 was caring for this
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guy on text messaging and everybody over
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40 was looking at the at the medical
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record well the people who are over 40
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of the people who actually knew what was
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going on the people under 40 didn’t but
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because the people under 40 have been
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given cell phones have been told to use
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them
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they weren’t communicating in a way that
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the people who were over 40 more
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experienced could have seen and
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evaluated so they had the more senior
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Physicians were not looking at what the
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junior Physicians were doing one of the
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things that we’ve I find you know
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both interesting and very frustrating
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about doing Hospital cases is
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recognizing how hierarchical hospitals
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are in part that’s necessary you know
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the the star surgeon talks down to the
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hospitals the hospitalist talks down to
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the nurse the nurse talks down to the
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nurse’s assistant and this is clear
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chain command the problem is that when
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things go wrong that chain of command
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means that people don’t know how to
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evaluate themselves you know the surgeon
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will always deny responsibility he will
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always blame the hospitalists the
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hospitalists will always denying
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responsibility and they will always
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blame the nurse and so some of the value
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that we add as medical malpractice
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professionals is we don’t respect that
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hierarchy we’re not part of that
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hierarchy we can scrutinize anybody’s
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Behavior up and down the chain and that
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allows us to examine and get better
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understanding of what happened to our
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patients often than the treaters in the
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hospital themselves
What should I look for in hiring a lawyer to handle my hospital malpractice case?
From Jeff’s interview for the Masters of the Courtroom series on ReelLawyers.com.
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you should be looking for a lawyer
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that’s had a lengthy track record
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and settling and trying malpractice
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cases who’s had a consistent record of
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success uh on the one hand under the and
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on the other hand
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frankly you want to hire a lawyer that’s
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got the respect of the the insurance
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companies and Hospital systems
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and physician groups that are defendants
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in these cases I think that that’s an
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extremely important
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uh Factor if you have a lawyer that is
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well known by the people writing the
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checks on the other side that’s only
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going to nurture your benefits so those
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are two really important uh things to
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consider when you’re looking for a
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malpractice lawyer
”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