Like every other medical professional, pediatricians have a legally enforceable obligation to provide the best possible care to everyone with whom they establish a doctor-patient relationship. However, if you suspect your child has been seriously injured or fallen severely ill due to a doctor’s misconduct, you may already be getting a sense of just how hard it can be to hold a medical professional civilly liable.
Fortunately, you have help available to you from a top-three med-mal firm in the state of Connecticut, where our medical malpractice attorneys have extensive experience fighting for families like yours and have recovered over $400 million for those families through settlements and court verdicts.
No matter who is responsible for the harm your child has sustained, a Bridgeport pediatric malpractice lawyer from Berkowitz and Hanna, LLC will fight to get you the compensation you need and deserve.
Holding a medical professional civilly liable for an injury or illness suffered by one of their patients requires proving that the injury or illness stemmed directly from their failure to fulfill the “standard of care” they owed to that patient. In other words, to sue your child’s pediatrician successfully for malpractice, you will have to show that they acted in a way that no other equally qualified physician would have acted under the same circumstances, and that their misconduct was the primary and direct cause of harm your child otherwise would not have experienced.
In order to sue a provider for medical malpractice, you will also need to obtain formal support for your claim by making a “reasonable inquiry” with a qualified medical expert. This process entails you presenting all your gathered evidence to that expert and getting them to sign a statement under oath saying that, based on their review of your case, they believe legally actionable malpractice occurred.
This can be a complex step of pre-litigation proceedings to complete on your own, but our Bridgeport pediatric malpractice attorneys can guide you through it efficiently and with minimal stress.
Our team can help you build a comprehensive and compelling claim within the filing deadlines set by Connecticut state law. The exact time limits for this sort of claim can change somewhat depending on the circumstances, but contacting a pediatric malpractice lawyer in Bridgeport sooner rather than later will always be a good idea.
One thing worth mentioning is that the statutory filing deadline for a malpractice claim can change drastically if a minor wishes to file suit on their own behalf. While they cannot actually sue in their own name until they turn 18, the applicable filing period for their claim also does not begin until their 18th birthday, meaning they technically could have much more time to build their claim than an adult injured under similar circumstances would.
Learning your child has been hurt or gotten sick through an adult’s misconduct is always upsetting, but it can be especially so if the adult responsible for harming your child was the pediatrician you trusted with their physical health. Unfortunately, taking legal action against negligent pediatricians can be even harder to deal with in both legal and personal terms, which is why it is not something you should or have to go through alone.
A Bridgeport pediatric malpractice lawyer from Berkowitz and Hanna, LLC will be an invaluable ally, working tirelessly to protect your child’s best interests and those of your other loved ones as well. Call us today for a confidential consultation.
Berkowitz Hanna
1087 Broad St
Bridgeport CT
06604
