Representing victims of catastrophic medical negligence in Los Angeles and beyond

When you or a family member are ill, injured, or need medical assistance, you are dependent on your doctors, nurses, therapists, hospitals, and the medical community to help you. The vast majority of these healers live up to your trust. Some do not, and you are left to live with the consequences of their negligence or intentional wrongdoing. The California medical malpractice attorneys of Heimberg Barr LLP can provide the critical and timely support you need, when you need it. Contact the firm to schedule your free consultation today.

Common causes of medical malpractice

The Los Angeles medical malpractice attorneys of Heimberg Barr LLP represent clients in medical claims:

• Failure or delay in determining the problem from which a patient is suffering (delay in diagnosis / misdiagnosis)

• Failure to properly inform a patient what he or she needs to have done, including the benefits and risks of certain procedures or medications

• Failure to provide necessary and timely treatment

• Providing the wrong treatment

• Failure to monitor patients for developing problems

• Performing unnecessary surgery

• Improper surgery / Mistakes during surgery

• Delayed delivery

• Anesthesia negligence

• Nursing negligence

• Inadequate staffing, training, or supervision of staff

• Persons performing functions beyond or outside of their training or privilege

• Medication errors

• Failure to refer a patient to a specialist

• Intentional or reckless wrongdoing

• Kickback or other financial schemes resulting in patient harm