Medical Malpractice

Serving West Virginia and Ohio, including Parkersburg, Charleston, Morgantown, Huntington, Wheeling, Belpre, and Athens

When you go to your doctor, you trust that your health and the health of your loved ones is in good care. However, doctors and other medical professionals are human and will make mistakes. Sadly, many of these medical mistakes can be deadly or leave someone you love with a lifelong injury.

If you or a family member has suffered an injury due to medical malpractice or medical negligence in West Virginia or Ohio, the experienced lawyers at Jan Dils & Jim Leach, Attorneys at Law, PLLC can help. We have represented hundreds of West Virginia and Ohio residents who, like you, have suffered due to a doctor's negligence or wrongdoing. We will fight to get you the compensation and justice you deserve following this traumatic event.

Determining Medical Malpractice

Not all bad medical outcomes are necessarily medical malpractice. If you had some type of elective procedure performed that did not turn out the way you had hoped, that does not mean your doctor exhibited malpractice or negligence. There are certain elements that are necessary for medical malpractice to be in place. We will explain that to you and make sure your medical malpractice claim is valid.

As your medical malpractice attorneys, we will thoroughly investigate your case by attaining all of your medical records and any other pertinent materials. We have experts in the medical field who work with us to go through your records and ascertain what happened to you and why. We know how hospital systems and insurance companies work, and we want to protect you from being tricked into accepting a settlement much less than what we think you deserve.

We will fight for compensation to cover the following expenses:

• Medical bills
• Physical rehabilitation (if necessary)
• Prescriptions
• Lost wages
• Funeral expenses (in cases of wrongful death)
• Pain and suffering

Startling Statistics

According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), medical malpractice is the third leading cause death (after heart disease and cancer) in the United States. It is estimated that approximately 225,000 people die each year due to medical mistakes. Here is a breakdown of how many people suffer each year due to medical malpractice:

• 12,000 people die from unnecessary surgery
• 7,000 people die from drug mistakes in hospitals
• 80,000 people die from infections they get in hospitals

By holding negligent medical professionals accountable for their actions, we can hopefully prevent others from becoming a statistic.

For more information, please see Medical Malpractice Questions.

If you or a loved one has been harmed due to medical negligence, please contact our West Virginia and Ohio medical malpractice lawyers today to schedule a confidential, no-cost consultation.