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Aurora Medical Malpractice Cases
When you go into a hospital or doctor’s office for treatment, you do not expect to leave with more injuries than you had when you entered. Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals are supposed to provide patients with a high standard of care and avoid causing further harm. However, negligent healthcare providers can cause injury to the very people they were supposed to heal.
When medical providers fail to uphold the standard of care and cause injury to patients through their negligence, patients can seek compensation through medical malpractice lawsuits.
Medical malpractice suits are often highly complex and require specialized evidence, including testimony from third-party medical providers who can identify and explain how the at-fault provider’s actions deviated from the standard of care. It is also crucial to have robust medical records that detail your injuries and the treatments you underwent to support your case.
Aurora Birth Injuries
Birth injuries are a subset of medical malpractice cases involving harm caused to newborns due to errors made during labor or delivery. Childbirth is supposed to be an exciting time for parents, but it can quickly turn to tragedy if your child sustains serious injuries due to medical negligence.
By holding the medical provider who caused your child’s injuries financially liable, you can recover compensation for treatments required for the injury and for how the injury may impact your child in the future. Some birth injuries can leave lasting effects on children, such as those involving a lack of oxygen reaching the brain during labor or musculoskeletal injuries caused during childbirth.
Our birth injury lawyers can help your family seek answers and compensation following a devastating birth injury by working with medical experts to build a strong case.
Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
As your loved ones age, you may not be able to care for them yourself, leading to you making the difficult decision to place them in a nursing facility. When you do so, you are trusting that the nursing home staff will treat your loved one with the respect and compassion they deserve and provide them with the medical care and support they need.
Unfortunately, in some cases, nursing home residents can be the victims of abuse and neglect, leading to physical, emotional, and financial harm. When this occurs, it is essential that you take the proper steps to protect your loved one’s rights and help them obtain the care they need and deserve.
Through our investigation into the incident, we can determine the extent of the abuse or neglect and identify all parties responsible, including individual nursing staff, third-party contractors, and the facility as a whole.
Aurora Catastrophic Injury
Sustaining a catastrophic injury can have a drastic effect on your life. These injuries include fractured bones, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, severe burns, and more. When another party’s negligence causes your injury, an experienced attorney can help you seek to hold them liable for your medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, emotional distress, and permanent disability.
Depending on the circumstances of the incident that caused you harm, many different parties could be at fault under Illinois personal injury law. Some of the most common include:
- Motorists who cause car crashes
- Negligent property owners who fail to fix property hazards
- Assailants who intentionally cause harm
- Owners of aggressive dogs in animal attacks
- Government entities
- General contractors in workplace accidents
- Manufacturers of dangerous products
At Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., our knowledgeable lawyers represent injury victims and help them pursue compensation from those at fault for their injuries.
Car Accidents in Aurora
Motor vehicle accidents are among the leading causes of injuries in Aurora, Illinois. These collisions involve cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, and pedestrians, and often result in significant injuries and property damage.
When another motorist causes your injuries, you can file an auto insurance claim with their insurance provider. In Illinois, all motorists must have at least the following amounts of liability insurance:
- $25,000 per person for bodily injury
- $50,000 per incident for bodily injury
- $20,000 per incident for property damage
