Surgical Errors

Money to Help You Recover From Your Injury

It is hard to understand how a person can become sicker following a surgery. Surgeries are supposed to put you on the road to recovery, not slow your progress. At Benjamin & Shapiro, in Chicago, Illinois, we represent people injured because of surgical errors and other medical negligence. We have 35 years of experience fighting the insurance companies of doctors and other medical professionals in malpractice cases.

When a doctor operates on the wrong leg, you are immediately aware of the mistake. However, because patients are unconscious during most surgeries, often they are unaware of more subtle, but serious, surgical errors. It can be difficult to determine what happened in the operating room. Our attorneys have the experience and resources to thoroughly investigate your case and discover the cause of your injuries.

Types of Surgical Errors

Surgeries typically involve many people and instruments that could cause your injury. Our clients have hired us after suffering a variety of surgical errors including:

• Anesthesia overdoses and medication errors
• Infections caused by an unsterilized instrument
• Birth injuries like shoulder dystocia, hypoxia, and C-section injuries
• Operations on the wrong body part or patient
• Instruments left inside a patient

By examining your medical records, we will determine who was in the operating room during your surgery. These records will document the tools and procedures used during your operation. We hire doctors and experts who will go over your records carefully to certify your medical malpractice claim. We will name all necessary parties to your lawsuit to ensure you get the money you deserve.

We work on a contingency fee basis in medical malpractice cases. This means that you will not have to pay anything until your case is resolved successfully. We will not make your financial situation worse by charging you unreasonably high attorney's fees that you cannot afford to pay. To learn more, visit our medical malpractice information center.

Act Quickly to Preserve Your Rights

If you have been the victim of a surgical error or other medical negligence, contact Benjamin & Shapiro for a free initial consultation. Because there are strict time limits on when you must file medical malpractice lawsuits, it is important that you contact one of our lawyers as soon as possible

We represent clients throughout Illinois, including in the cities of Chicago, Buffalo Grove, Waukegan, Mundelein, Naperville, Wheaton, Joliet, and Geneva.