Phoenix Pediatric Malpractice Lawyers

Nothing is as disheartening and potentially deadly as becoming the victim of medical malpractice from the doctors and other providers we trust with our very lives, but when the victim of malpractice is a child, it’s even more devastating. Pediatric malpractice can have consequences ranging from prolonged illness to life-threatening complications, permanent disability, or death. If your child suffered an injury or worsened medical condition due to malpractice by medical providers in Phoenix or the surrounding area, your family deserves justice and financial accountability. Call the Phoenix pediatric malpractice attorneys at Knapp & Roberts for experienced representation in your claim.

Why Choose Us as Your Pediatric Malpractice Lawyers In Phoenix?

The skilled Arizona medical malpractice attorneys at Knapp & Roberts have dedicated their careers to helping injury victims—particularly those injured by providers tasked with their medical care. We bring significant advantages to the table for your medical malpractice claim, including the following:

• Over two decades of experience navigating personal injury claims to assist injury victims in recovering compensation when their injuries were caused by someone else’s negligence
• A team that’s unintimidated by taking on powerful medical institutions and their insurers
• A commitment to dedicated attention to each client’s case with a strategy individually tailored to the unique circumstances of every client’s claim
• We never charge upfront fees to injury victims, instead, we work at no cost to you until after we bring you your settlement or jury award for damages

Our history of recent notable results includes a $2.5 million settlement for a missed diagnosis of cervical cancer and a $3 million settlement for a nursing home pressure sore death. We take every case as seriously as we would for our own family, especially those cases of medical malpractice that cause harm to vulnerable citizens such as children and the elderly.

What Is Pediatric Malpractice?

Medical malpractice can have tragic results for individuals, with repercussions on the entire family. These negative consequences become the “damages” in a medical malpractice claim seeking compensation. When the doctors and caregivers we trust with a vulnerable child’s care fail to safeguard a child’s health and well-being, it’s an unforgivable breach of trust, but it’s also a breach of the medical provider’s duty of care. When a doctor or other provider deviates from the standard of care required by the medical community and the result is harm to a patient, it’s medical malpractice. When the injury, worsened medical outcome, or death occurs to a child in a doctor or medical facility’s care, it’s pediatric malpractice. A successful pediatric malpractice claim in Phoenix or elsewhere doesn’t erase the harm caused to the child, but it helps alleviate the financial impacts of the worsened medical condition, opens doors to the best possible care, and provides families with a sense of justice for their injured child.

Types of Pediatric Medical Malpractice In Phoenix

Children and their parents have a right to expect high-quality medical care that follows the medical industry’s accepted standards. When a doctor fails to order the correct diagnostic tests, wrongly interprets them, or makes a medical mistake the consequences can be devastating. Common types of pediatric medical malpractice include the following:

• Delayed or missed diagnoses: when a doctor overlooks a symptom, fails to order the correct tests, or delays proper diagnosis, a child’s medical condition can worsen causing an increased risk of negative outcomes
• Medication mistakes: administering the wrong medication, failing to check a child’s medical history of drug allergies or interactions, administering an incorrect dosage, or giving a medication to the wrong patient are all examples of dangerous medication mistakes in pediatrics
• Surgical errors: wrong patient, wrong body part, anesthesia errors, surgical implements left inside a body cavity, and other surgical mistakes can have dangerous or deadly consequences for children
• Failure to properly monitor a child: doctors, nurses, and other medical staff must carefully monitor a child’s condition while the child is under their care. Failure to check vital signs, delaying alerting a doctor to changes, and other acts of medical negligence are actionable when resulting in injuries and damages
• Birth injuries: when a newborn’s pediatrician fails to diagnose and promptly address signs of a birth injury, the child may suffer from lifelong adverse effects

It often requires an experienced medical malpractice attorney to investigate all aspects of a pediatric medical malpractice case to identify the error and file a claim against the negligent provider or facility.

Who Can Be Held Liable for Pediatric Medical Malpractice In Arizona?

Often, multiple entities are involved in a child’s medical care. If any provider deviates from the standard of care accepted by the medical community and the result is an injury or worsened medical condition in a pediatric patient, one party may bear liability or multiple parties could share liability for the damages. Common liable parties in pediatric medical malpractice claims in Phoenix include the following:

• Doctors
• Surgeons
• Nurses
• Anesthesiologists
• Hospitals or other medical facilities
• Medical laboratories
• Pathologists

Doctors and other medical providers carry medical malpractice insurance to provide compensation for injury victims; however, these insurers are rarely amenable to writing out large checks and often dispute medical malpractice claims. A skilled pediatric malpractice attorney investigates the case, consults with medical experts, and makes a compelling claim for compensation.

What Damages Can My Family Recover in an Arizona Pediatric Medical Malpractice Claim?

Nothing can undo the harm caused to a child who becomes the victim of medical malpractice, but a successful pediatric malpractice claim provides financial accountability. Common damages recovered in pediatric malpractice claims in Phoenix include the following:

• Past and future medical expenses
• Past and future income loss for parents who miss work to care for an injured child
• Out-of-pocket expenses such as travel costs to see specialists
• Compensation for pain and suffering
• Compensation for other non-economic damages that may apply, such as the loss of an organ, diminished quality of life due to disability, disfigurement, loss of limb, the loss of one of the senses, or emotional trauma

An experienced attorney carefully calculates the damages by consulting with medical experts about the economic and non-economic damages associated with the injury or worsened medical condition to maximize the compensation available to the injury victim and their family.

Contact the Pediatric Medical Malpractice Attorneys In Phoenix at Knapp & Roberts

The dedicated client advocates at Knapp & Roberts understand the unthinkable distress parents feel when their child’s doctor fails to safeguard their child’s health and allows a medical condition to worsen or cause further harm. Reach out to the medical malpractice lawyers who are ready to become your child’s voice for justice. Call Knapp & Roberts so we can evaluate your case and begin working on a strategy for the best possible outcome for your family.