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Medical Malpractice Lawyers
We trust medical practitioners with what is most precious to us: our health, our lives, and the health and lives of our loved ones. When a medical provider breaches the standard of care and causes injury or death due to medical negligence, that trust is broken.
In this event, if you believe you have been injured by medical negligence, our team of Gluckstein medical malpractice lawyers can help. Our experienced, knowledgeable, and caring medical malpractice lawyers have a solid record of assisting patients injured by medical negligence as they seek compensation for the losses they have suffered.
We handle cases involving birth trauma, brain injury, spinal cord injury, or any other adverse medical outcome that leads to pain and suffering, significant disability and/or financial losses.
With medical malpractice lawyers in Toronto, Ottawa, Niagara, Barrie, Collingwood and Midland, Gluckstein Lawyers are available to help you with your medical malpractice claim.
How can Gluckstein medical malpractice lawyers help you?
Medical malpractice lawyers who put your recovery first.
After experiencing a life-altering injury from medical malpractice, you or your loved one may be feeling scared, angry, depressed and overwhelmed. As a medical malpractice law firm known for its years of experience and for its full-circle client-centred care, Gluckstein Medical Malpractice Lawyers can be counted on to treat you and your loved ones with the respect, kindness and empathetic understanding you deserve.
As you begin your journey of healing, trust Gluckstein Lawyers’ team of medical negligence lawyers to join you. We can help you get the compensation and damages you are owed for your pain, suffering and losses. Nothing can ever replace all that a personal medical injury takes from you; but receiving an award for damages can change your life for the better. When we can negotiate a settlement or win a court-ordered award for you, it can help bring closure to one tumultuous chapter of your life and give you what you need to ensure there are brighter times ahead.
How we prove breaches in medical standards.
Medical professionals dedicate their lives to caring for others, but even skilled doctors, nurses, and technicians can make preventable mistakes. While the healthcare system doesn’t demand perfection, it does require providers to meet accepted standards of care.
Proving a medical malpractice claim involves two critical elements:
- A breach of the medical standard of care (the provider failed to meet professional expectations)
- Direct harm caused by that breach (the mistake led to your injury or worsened condition)
Though this may sound straightforward, these cases are often complex. Medical institutions have powerful legal teams, and the burden of proof rests on you, the patient who’s already suffered. That’s where experienced medical malpractice lawyers make all the difference.
Why medical malpractice cases demand experienced legal help.
Medical malpractice claims are often complex and can be challenging to pursue. The people who have made the error (doctors, nurses or other medical professionals) are also most often responsible for creating documentation that would help you prove there was an error. For example, if you were under anesthesia during a surgical procedure, you would not be witness to any surgical errors; you will only become aware that something went wrong later. Piecing together what may have happened can be difficult when the people who made the mistake have an interest in not drawing attention to the matter.
By choosing experienced medical malpractice lawyers with a proven track record as your advocates, you can have confidence your case will be in skillful hands. As a firm that focuses on these matters, Gluckstein Lawyers has built an extensive network of independent medical and health care experts that can be critical to building a successful case.
In many circumstances, medical malpractice cases need to be started quickly. There is a two-year time limitation period for suing a medical practitioner or hospital. That limitation period begins from the date you knew or ought to have known of facts giving rise to a claim. For medical negligence that results in death, the two-year time limitation period runs from the date of death. The limitation period may be longer for people under disability and children under 18 years of age.
As soon as you suspect that substandard medical treatment may be the cause of your injury or poor health, you should contact a medical malpractice lawyer near you with experience in medical malpractice cases to begin discussions about how to proceed and if, and when, you should file notice of a claim.
Medical malpractice lawyers with 60+ years of proven results.
Since 1962, our firm has represented thousands of injured people, advocating for their interests, assisting with access to needed therapies, and obtaining the compensation they deserve. Led by a lawyer with more than 30 years of medical malpractice law and case experience, our medical malpractice team handles claims dealing with:
- Birth trauma (brachial plexus injuries, paralysis, Cerebral Palsy, Erb’s palsy, meconium aspiration syndrome, Horner’s syndrome, hypoxia, seizures, shoulder dystocia, neonatal sepsis, maternal infections).
- Hospital and medical administration errors (unsafe or unclean environments, malfunctioning diagnostic tools, inaccurate record-keeping).
- Surgical errors (surgery on the wrong body part, wrong patient, anaesthesia errors, foreign objects left in patient, nerve damage, perforation or laceration during surgery).
- Nursing errors (medication errors - wrong medication, wrong dose, wrong patient, wrong time to administer, wrong route for medicine; injuries from moving patients too quickly; documentation errors; failure to monitor a patient or respond in a timely manner).
- Chiropractic errors (over aggressive manipulation, disc herniation, spinal cord injuries, nerve damage, paralysis, bone fractures, stroke).
- Misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis (wrongly diagnosing a condition based on negligence or unreasonably delayed diagnosis that causes harm or leads to a worsening condition).
- Lack of informed consent (failure to properly warn of adverse side effects or of risks involved with treatment).
- Midwife negligence (birth injuries, failure to call for medical assistance during difficult or abnormal births).
The Gluckstein medical malpractice team not only includes lawyers with the right skillset for these challenging cases, but also former medical practitioners and staff who bring an intimate knowledge of the medical system and medical malpractice law.
How our medical background informs every legal strategy.
With our extensive trial experience, excellent negotiating skills, and thorough knowledge of the medical malpractice law and medical practitioner insurance claims process, the Gluckstein medical malpractice lawyers are ready to develop and manage your case every step of the way.
Our goal is to give you confidence and peace of mind as your case moves through the system so that you can focus on what’s important to you: recovery, rehabilitation, and rebuilding your life after medical negligence.
Gluckstein Lawyers medical malpractice team combines excellence in legal representation and advocacy with the empathy and compassion you deserve during this difficult time in your life. Begin your journey to a more promising future by contacting us today.
Free consultation for medical malpractice cases with no obligation.
Your initial consultation with us is free and there is no obligation to continue. If you decide to pursue a medical malpractice claim through our lawyer firm, we will compile the pertinent details of your case, request the appropriate medical files, and begin a preliminary investigation. If we discover that your claim has merit and are reasonably sure that we can assist you in negotiating a fair settlement or winning a judgment at trial, we will agree to represent you based on a contingency fee agreement.
That means that we don’t get paid unless you get paid by way of a settlement or court award.
Have you or a loved one suffered from medical negligence? Please call us today or fill out the form below for a free consultation.
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Medical Malpractice FAQs.
- What are common examples of nursing errors?
- Common nursing errors include medication mistakes, improper documentation, failure to monitor patients, obstetrical monitoring errors, and neglecting to inform the medical team when needed. These errors can lead to serious consequences, highlighting the importance of proper care and communication in healthcare settings. Get More Information
Case Studies.
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Endean v. St. Joseph's General Hospital, 2019 ONCA 181 (CanLII)
This was a group appeal on the issue of joint and several liability arising from four plaintiff dental malpractice actions. Justice Zarnett, in writing for the Court of Appeal, found that the trial ju...Get More Information -
Rawsthorne v Marotta et al, 2017 ONSC 2182 (CanLII)
The plaintiff was implanted with the medical device in 1992, and subsequently had the device explanted in January 1994. Litigation was commenced against the defendant doctor and hospital in 2001. The ...Get More Information
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Risky Business 2024 - Medical Malpractice: Trailblazing Insights
Gluckstein Lawyers is excited to announce our 6th Annual Risky Business Conference, taking place in-person on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. This year's theme, "Medical Malpractic...Continue Reading -
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Risky Business 2023 - Starting and Finishing the Case: Common Pitfalls of Medical Malpractice Cases
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Post-Settlement Resource Guide
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