Emergency Room Medical Malpractice Attorneys

Billings, Montana

Every year, an estimated 100 million people visit the emergency room. These people often have serious or life-threatening injuries and illnesses. They require immediate attention by a staff of medical providers that know how to work effectively under pressure. Given the fast pace environment and the pressure emergency room staff are under, their patients are vulnerable to oversights and mistakes.

At the Skaggs Law Firm, we know the importance of making sure that your medical needs are met, especially in an emergency. Hopefully, if you’re ever rushed to the hospital, the medical staff that cares for you will provide the expertise you need. In the event of errors that lead to further injury or death, The Skaggs Law Firm has access to medical experts to help us evaluate and prosecute your claim.

Types of Emergency Room Errors

Not all emergency room visits have a successful outcome. And not all unsuccessful outcomes are due to emergency room errors. However, given the high stress environment, emergency room errors happen. The following are some of the more common emergency room errors.

Failure to fully evaluate
Failure to run the right diagnostic tests
Misdiagnosis
Failure to consult a specialist
Lack of appropriate or delayed treatment
Failure to monitor
Miscommunication
Medication, surgical, and laboratory errors
Contaminate blood transfusions
Unsanitary conditions
Negligence
Discrimination or refusal to treat

Timely treatment is essential to a successful outcome for the emergency room patient. This treatment must be based on correct diagnosis and monitoring. Even if evaluation and labs are done in a timely manner, if they are not acted upon by a doctor in an expedient manner, the outcome can be devastating.

When the medical specialties involved in a patient’s care make mistakes that cause further injury or death, the cost to the victim and their loved ones is overwhelming. Not only does this incur additional financial costs, it also increases the emotional and mental anguish that comes with suffering or watching a loved one suffer.

When You Need and Attorney

Billings Medical Malpractice Lawyer Robert Skaggs has been practicing law in Montana for over three decades. He has handled many emergency room malpractice claims and knows the ins and outs necessary to deal with the legal and insurance aspects of your case.

If you believe that you or a loved one did not receive proper care in an emergency room visit in Billings or anywhere in Montana, please contact our medical malpractice lawyers at the Skaggs Law Firm today to schedule your free confidential consultation.

2812 - 1st Ave N, Suite 202
Billings, Montana 59101
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(406) 248-2491
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Medical Malpractice Attorney Robert H. Skaggs represents clients in Billings and throughout Montana in lawsuits against insurance companies. This website does not create an attorney-client relationship and the cases this firm has successfully handed does not imply a guarantee of success with your potential case. His personal injury law firm handles many injury and accident cases such as medical malpractice and defective product law suits. Please contact our medical malpractice injury lawyer for more information about emergency room medical malpractice in Billings, Montana.