Our Medical Malpractice Lawsuits & Claims
Our Dallas and North Texas Medical Malpractice Cases
With over 25 years of experience handling medical malpractice cases against doctors, nurses, dentists and hospitals, the Dallas medical malpractice attorneys at Polewski & Assocaites have the skills and background necessary to help you achieve a successful outcome to your medical malpractice claim.
The following list is only a sample of the medical malpractice lawsuits our Dallas medical negligence lawyers have handled in recent years. Many of the types of cases listed we have handled many times for different clients.
Dentist Negligence
Our Dallas malpractice lawyers have handled the following dental malpractice claims:
- Dentist's negligence in failing to monitor patient's vital signs during extraction of teeth leads to patient's death
- Dentist's negligence with drill results in patient's tongue being cut in half
- Orthodontist's negligence results in loss of multiple teeth and damage to patient's jaw
- Oral surgeon's negligence leads to $150,000 of additional dental treatment and multiple additional surgeries
Emergency Room Medical Malpractice
Our attorneys have handled a wide variety of emergency room error claims, including:
- Failure to diagnose a heart attack leads to death of patient (multiple different cases)
- Failure to diagnose appendicitis leads to death of patient from burst appendix
- Failure to treat a child with meningitis results in severe brain damage to child
- Misdiagnosis of heart failure as "indigestion" results in death of patient
- Medication error causes death of child
- Release of patient with serious internal injuries results in death of patient
- Failure to properly evaluate patient results in missed heart infection and the patient's death
- Failure to diagnose compartment syndrome lead to loss of patient's leg
- Failure to diagnose appendicitis results in burst appendix and near death of patient
Family Practice Doctor Negligence and Internal Medicine Specialist Malpractice
Lawsuits involving family practice doctor negligence or internal medicine specialist negligence handled by our malpractice attorneys include:
- Failure to diagnose pneumonia results in multiple surgeries and disability
- Misdiagnosis of heart failure as "indigestion" results in death of patient
- Doctor's failure to diagnose or treat infection in hospital causes patient's death
- Doctor's failure to diagnose heart problem leads to patient's death from heart attack
- Doctor's failure to act on laboratory report results in patient's death from treatable cancer
Hospital and Nursing Malpractice
Our malpractice attorneys have also worked on many claims involving hospital errors or nursing errors:
- Failure to inform doctors of blood test results in death of patient from heart infection (endocarditis)
- Nurse administers wrong drug, leading to death of child
- Nursing staff fails to monitor patient, leading to terrible bedsores, infection and death of patient
- Nursing staff fails to follow fall precautions for disabled patient, resulting in fall which leads to patient's death (multiple different cases)
- Physical therapy staff fails to act on bleeding within cast, leading to loss of all skin on patient's leg, multiple surgeries, and disability
- Dialysis nurse and floor nurse fail to react to emergency during dialysis, leading to the patient bleeding to death
- Surgical error by nurses leave sponges and other objects in patients (multiple different cases)
- Failure of doctor and hospital staff to monitor patient after surgery leads to death from post-operative complications (multiple different cases)
Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Malpractice
We have extensive experience handling medical malpractice claims and lawsuits resulting in serious birth injuries:
- Failure to perform C-section results in death of baby
- Failure to perform C-section results in death of mother
- Negligence in delivering baby results in permanent loss of use of baby's arm
- Ignoring evidence of trapped uterus results in severe brain damage to baby
- Failure to deliver baby in time results in cerebral palsy
- Gynecologist's failure to act on evidence of cervical cancer leads to death of patient
- Negligence in performing hysterectomy leads to injuries to bladder, ureters or other structures, resulting in severe injuries and additional surgery (multiple cases)
- Surgeon leaves needle in patient after surgery, resulting in severe pain and requiring further surgery
- Gynecologist fails to treat infection, resulting in woman being unable to have children
Orthopedist Medical Malpractice
Orthopedist malpractice lawsuits our Dallas attorneys have handled include:
- Negligence in ankle surgery leads to infection and loss of function in ankle
- Negligence of back surgeon results in patient being permanently crippled and in severe pain
- Negligence of surgeon in failing to diagnose compartment syndrome results in patient's loss of his leg
- Negligence in setting fracture of ankle results in patient being permanently crippled and in pain
- Unnecessary and poorly performed back surgery cripples patient (multiple different cases)
- Negligence in back surgery causes permanent disability and loss of use of leg (multiple different cases)
- Orthopedist's failure to diagnose blockage of arteries leads to loss of leg (multiple different cases)
Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
Our Dallas medical malpractice attorneys have extensive experience with nursing home abuse and neglect cases:
- Failure to care for patient leads to severe bedsores and multiple surgeries
- Failure to monitor patient's nutrition leads to patient's death
- Failure to monitor patient results in fall, disability and death
- Failure to properly monitor patient results in malnutrition, bedsores and death
Surgical Medical Malpractice
Our attorneys have helped many victims of surgical errors in the Dallas area:
- Lung surgery: Patient's phrenic nerve cut during lung surgery, leaving young man unable to breathe normally and permanently disabled
- Nose surgery: Failure of doctor and hospital staff to monitor patient after surgery leads to death from post-operative complications
- Gall Bladder surgery: Mistake in gall bladder removal (laparoscopic cholecystectomy) results in liver damage to patient
- Ankle surgery: Mistake by surgeon leads to infection, additional surgeries, and inability to bend ankle
- Foot surgery: Mistakes by surgeon leave patient unable to walk (multiple cases)
- Abdominal surgery: Surgeon mistakenly cuts colon, leading to infection and death of patient (multiple cases)
- Colon surgery: negligence in performing colectomy leads to sterilization of male patient
- Colon surgery: failure to diagnose and treat post-operative infection leads to patient's death
- Gall bladder surgery: surgeon's mistake in cutting wrong duct leads to disability and additional surgeries (multiple cases)
- Hysterectomy: surgeon's error damages bladder or ureters (multiple cases)
These are just a few of the medical malpractice claims and lawsuits our Dallas lawyers have handled in more than 25 years fighting for the rights of medical malpractice victims in the North Texas area. If you believe your injuries were caused by medical malpractice, our attorneys can help ensure you receive the compensation you deserve.
Please contact Polewski & Associates today to schedule your free initial consultation. We serve clients in Dallas and throughout North Texas.
