Medical Malpractice

McKay, Cauthen, Settana & Stubley, P.A. serves as defense counsel to medical malpractice insurance carriers and their insureds. Medical malpractice, simply put, is a departure from the accepted standard of medical care by a health care provider that causes harm to a patient.

Medical providers are required to exercise reasonable care in accordance with the standards of care for the profession involved. If a doctor, surgeon, hospital, or other medical provider acts, or fails to act, in a manner that deviates from the accepted standard of care, then that provider may be liable for an injured person's damages. We represent individuals, doctors, surgeons, hospitals, and other medical providers in cases alleging a breach of the standard of care in diagnosing or treating a medical condition. We have extensive experience in cases involving:

• Birth-related injuries
• Brain injuries
• Surgical errors
• Misdiagnosis or late diagnosis
• Failure to diagnose cancer
• Obstetrical and gynecological malpractice cases
• Patient neglect
• Medication errors
• Nursing malpractice
• Psychiatric malpractice
• Emergency room errors
• Elder abuse
• Improper treatment
• Failure to treat
• Delay in treatment
• Failure to perform appropriate follow-up
• Prescription errors
• Other alleged acts of medical malpractice