Women trust their OBGYN with their most intimate and consequential health issues. An OBGYN manages pregnancy and treats cancers and other conditions that impact reproductive health.
If you believe you received poor care that had a lasting impact on your health and well-being, you should consider contacting our Southfield OBGYN lawyer at Thurswell Law. For decades, our medical malpractice attorneys have been representing women who suffered obstetrical or gynecological injuries with success. Our experience gets results.
What Types of Injuries Could You Suffer?
OBGYN doctors do not just deliver babies. They also diagnose and treat diseases and perform surgery. If an OBGYN does not exercise an appropriate degree of knowledge and skill, you could suffer significant harm.
Our Southfield attorneys represent women who have suffered various injuries due to their OBGYN’s malpractice. Examples of malpractice include:
We also represent mothers injured during delivery due to the mismanagement of labor.
Medical professionals can make mistakes or misjudgments, and sometimes a patient’s body does not respond as expected. A disappointing outcome is not necessarily medical malpractice. However, when a doctor’s care does not meet the prevailing standard among other OBGYNs practicing in the area, they may be guilty of malpractice and financially liable for the harm they caused.
How Does a Malpractice Case Work?
Medical malpractice cases are complex because of the nature of the evidence and the knowledge often required to determine whether a doctor’s care was substandard. They are also procedurally complicated, requiring you and your legal representative to take steps not required in other types of personal injury cases.
Michigan Consolidated Laws § 600-2912b requires our Southfield lawyer to inform the gynecologist in writing that you intend to sue them at least 182 days before you file a lawsuit. The notice must explain the basis for the suit in substantial detail, and the provider has 154 days to respond with their defense to your allegations.
If the doctor defends their treatment and you file a lawsuit, you must submit an affidavit of merit signed by a medical expert confirming there is evidence that the OBGYN did not meet the standard of care. The law requires you to submit your evidence to a five-member panel of lawyers and doctors. The panel evaluates it and tries to mediate a settlement before we need to take the case to a trial. If this process does not resolve the case, you may have a trial before a jury.
Successful Cases Lead to Financial Compensation
The law entitles you to damages when you demonstrate that an OBGYN harmed you by providing substandard care. Your damages must cover your actual financial losses and the intangible impacts of your doctor’s negligence.
You may claim damages for time lost at work, medical care due to your doctor’s carelessness, and related incidental expenses. You could also seek compensation for the following:
- Emotional distress
- Physical pain
- Disability
- Reduced quality of life
Michigan limits non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. There is a standard cap and a higher cap that applies when a healthcare provider’s error causes a catastrophic injury, including damage that leads to the inability to procreate. Our attorneys in Southfield could explain how the cap is likely to impact damages in your obstetrician malpractice case.
Contact our Southfield Attorney if OBGYN Malpractice Harmed You
You deserve compensation if your OBGYN’s failure to deliver quality care caused you harm. Our Southfield OBGYN lawyer at Thurswell Law has the knowledge and experience that leads to favorable results. Contact us to understand your rights and determine whether you have a case.
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