“Aneurysm” is the medical term for when a blood vessel, artery, or other part of the cardiovascular system bulges or ruptures, resulting in severe internal bleeding. This is not always an immediately life-threatening medical problem, but it is always a serious concern that medical professionals should closely monitor and treat promptly after diagnosis, especially if it occurs in a vital organ like the heart or brain.
If your doctor failed to provide the “standard of care” they legally owed you and allowed you or a loved one to suffer preventable harm from an aneurysm as a result, a New Haven aneurysm malpractice lawyer from Berkowitz & Hanna, LLC can help you explore your options for civil litigation. Our failure to diagnose attorneys have recovered more than $400 million through court verdicts and settlements for people like you injured under circumstances much like yours..
Non-ruptured aneurysms can be very difficult to detect, even for qualified medical professionals actively looking for them, so simply suffering from an aneurysm in the first place usually cannot serve as the basis for a medical malpractice lawsuit. However, if a patient is displaying known symptoms of an aneurysm, the “standard of care” expected of virtually all healthcare providers requires that they be able to identify those symptoms, connect them to a possible aneurysm, perform appropriate testing to diagnose an aneurysm if one is occurring, and then provide the correct treatment as quickly as possible afterwards.
If a doctor fails to correctly diagnose or treat an aneurysm under circumstances where any other equally qualified physician should have been able to provide meaningful medical help, they have violated their standard of care. If you can then establish that such a violation was the main and direct cause of otherwise preventable physical harm, either to yourself or to a deceased family member in whose name you are filing suit, you can demand compensation for every negative effect which that misconduct will have on your life—all things which our New Haven aneurysm malpractice attorneys can provide invaluable assistance with.
Our team can also help you comply with the “reasonable inquiry” requirement placed on prospective malpractice plaintiffs by Connecticut state law. In brief, this rule requires that you speak with at least one qualified medical expert about your case prior to filing suit, and that said expert must express their professional opinion that you were likely hurt through legally actionable malpractice.
This opinion must be formalized in a written and signed “affidavit of merit,” which must be submitted to the court either alongside or soon after your initial complaint. Support from a seasoned aneurysm malpractice lawyer in New Haven can be key both to finding the right expert(s) to help with your case and to complying with all procedural requirements for that case within applicable deadlines.
Time is always of the essence in the medical field, but with aneurysms, even a few minutes of delay can be the difference between life and death. Unfortunately, some healthcare providers recklessly or carelessly fail to provide adequate care for patients dealing with aneurysms—and even worse, filing suit over injuries caused by that type of misconduct can be much more challenging in practice than many people assume.
By working with Berkowitz & Hanna, LLC, you will be able to demand the compensation you deserve far more effectively than you would be able to on your own. Call today to set up a meeting and learn what a New Haven aneurysm malpractice lawyer can do for you.
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