When you become ill or need medical care, you often have no choice but to put yourself in the hands of a physician. You have to trust that they know what they are doing, and usually, they do. However, there are times when physicians and hospitals make mistakes.

At the Law Offices of Steven J. Malman & Associates, P.C., we feel an obligation to expose these mistakes of medical malpractice or negligence. We think it is interesting that medical professionals generally won't tell you when they've made a mistake and will fight a valid medical malpractice claim until the bitter end. Our medical malpractice attorneys are here to fight for your rights, and we will aggressively pursue your case until it is resolved.

We take allegations of medical malpractice so seriously that we even have a staff physician with a law degree who can assess your case for you. If our medical malpractice attorneys find that you have grounds for a malpractice claim, we will do our best to obtain the maximum recovery for you.

What is Medical Malpractice?
Medical Malpractice is a type of negligence that occurs when a person is injured or dies because a medical professional did not properly use their skills or take proper care when performing his or her duties on a patient.

Not every unsuccessful medical procedure or diagnosis will have grounds for a medical malpractice claim. To prove there is a case of medical malpractice, the injured party must establish that the medical professional or provider did not perform up to the acceptable standard of care given to that profession or facility by the community. The medical provider's error or negligence must also have led to the victim's injuries or death.

Common grounds for medical malpractice can include failure to diagnose, wrong diagnosis, delayed diagnosis, failure to prescribe the proper treatment, surgical errors, wrong prescriptions, errors during nursing care, lack of proper care, lack of thorough care, and lack of informed consent.

Medical malpractice claims can be very difficult to prove and there may be more than one negligent party, which is why it is so important that you retain the services of a law firm that knows how to properly investigate malpractice claims and can work with the right kinds of medical experts who can testify on your behalf.

For example, if a patient dies inexplicably after a routine surgery and there is no proof that an error occurred during the operation, a good malpractice lawyer may find, after a thorough investigation, that the patient's nurse forgot to give the patient his or her medication the night before the surgery and that this led to the untimely death.

Statute of Limitations
In Illinois, the statute of limitations for filing a medical malpractice lawsuit is two years from when the injury took place or the time that the patient realized that an injury due to malpractice might have occurred. However, an adult has no more than four years from the date of the malpractice to pursue a case. In addition, a minor has up to eight years from the date of the medical malpractice incident to pursue a claim. A mentally disabled person may have unlimited time. It is important that you take action immediately.

If you or someone you love has been injured by a doctor, nurse, psychiatrist, medical technician, or other medical professional because of medical malpractice or neglect, the Law Offices of Steven J. Malman & Associates, P.C. can file your claim for you. We will do everything we can to make sure that you are properly compensated for your pain, suffering, or loss as soon as possible.

We would like to offer you a free consultation so we can discuss your options and see how we can best represent you. If you cannot come to our offices, located in Chicago's "Loop," we will go to you.

Many of our medical malpractice clients come from the nearby towns and neighborhoods of Cook County that surround Chicago, including Maywood, Dolton, Hazel Crest, Cicero, Sauk Village, Harvey, Matteson, South Holland, Oak Park, Riverside, Oak Lawn, Berwyn, Olympia Fields, Bellwood, Homewood, Westchester, Blue Island, Lansing, and Chicago Heights. We also represent clients in Will County, Lake County, and DuPage County.

To schedule your free consultation with the Law Offices of Steven J. Malman & Associates, P.C., e-mail: info@malmanlaw.com or call us, toll-free, at 1-866-MALMAN-LAW (625-6265) or at (312) 629-0099.