Medical Malpractice

Wilmington, Delaware, Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Baby Birth Injury - Pediatric Injuries - Surgical Errors

Bad medical outcomes don't mean the doctor, hospital, or lab made a mistake. But if your injury or loss was the result of a medical professional failing to follow the standard of care in your case, such as failing to order a standard medical test to detect cancer, the provider may be guilty of malpractice.

At Shelsby & Leoni in Wilmington, Delaware, our injury lawyers will examine the medical records and find out if you received proper attention as a patient and whether the medical provider should have done something differently.

Medical Malpractice Lawsuits 

If we believe that malpractice occurred, we will file a lawsuit on your behalf against the doctor, hospital, or other medical provider that caused your loss. We represent victims of medical malpractice in Delaware, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

There are many situations where a bad medical outcome rises to the level of malpractice, including:

• Failure to diagnose treatable forms of cancer, such as early-stage lung cancer, breast cancer, colon-rectal cancer, and skin cancer.
• Birth injuries caused by delayed delivery or other provider negligence.
• Pediatric injuries, such as failure to diagnose meningitis.
• Surgical errors, including injuries to internal organs and vessels or failure to provide follow-up care.

Before changing our law practice to represent injured people, we defended doctors and hospitals in medical malpractice cases for a number of years. As a result, we understand the internal processes that hospitals use to report cases with a bad medical outcome and how they get legal counsel involved. We know the types of things they do ahead of time to protect themselves when they know they are going to be involved in litigation. As a result, we know how to conduct discovery in such a way that will preserve the evidence we need to prove your case.

For example, in a misdiagnosis of cancer case, our lawyers will evaluate whether the doctor or lab should have diagnosed the cancer earlier. We will make that assessment based on prior X-rays, lab tests, and other evidence. Next, we will seek to prove that the delay of diagnosis resulted in a change of your prognosis. This is where the other side will fight you. Hospitals, doctors, and their legal counsel will hire experts who will claim that the delay in diagnosis didn't make any difference. Our lawyers will consult our own experts including primary care physicians, radiologists, oncologists, pulmonologists, and pathologists to address whether the cancer was fast-growing or slow-growing, and whether it was treatable at the time it should have been diagnosed.

Free consultation: If you or a family member has been injured by a medical provider, we invite you to contact our attorneys in Wilmington, Delaware, for a free initial consultation.