Licensed professionals are hired to use their specialized education, training and experience to help others with issues they themselves are unable or unqualified to handle on their own. When professionals fail to act with a reasonable standard of care in their profession, the results can be disastrous. Like everyone else, professionals can deviate from acceptable standards and they should held accountable for their actions so that they do not continue to harm others. Professional malpractice, in large part, is predominated by medical malpractice and legal malpractice. Other professionals, such as architects, land surveyors, insurance agents, real estate agents and accountants, are also be held responsible for injuries they cause to others.
Medical Malpractice
Hospitals and physicians can vary greatly in the quality of healthcare services provided. Most healthcare providers, including physicians, must be licensed, and must further exercise \ reasonable care when treating patients. If your doctor, surgeon, nurse, hospital, or other medical provider acts, or fails to act, within the accepted standard of care in their profession, then that provider may be liable for any damages they may have caused.
At Bedi Rindosh, we represent individuals and their families against healthcare providers who have failed to use ordinary care in diagnosing or treating medical conditions. Our attorneys handle cases including, but not limited to:
- Brain injuries
- Misdiagnoses or late diagnosis
- Emergency room errors
- Nursing home negligence, abuse, and neglect
- Obstetrical gynecological malpractice
- Failure to diagnose cancer
- Patient neglect
- Medication errors
- Surgical errors
If you or a loved one has been a victim of medical malpractice, you should immediately seek attorney representation. Special procedures might apply to your case that could limit your ability to bring a successful lawsuit. Please contact Bedi Rindosh today if you have questions and your initial consultation will be free.
Legal Malpractice
Even competent attorneys make mistakes. An attorney that deviates from the reasonable standard of care in providing services to a client, which results in damages, may be liable under the theory of legal malpractice. Reasonable care on the part of an attorney is that level of care and skill which, in light of all relevant surrounding circumstances, is recognized as acceptable and appropriate by similar and reasonably careful attorneys.
Legal malpractice cases are unique. In a lawsuit a client must prove that the attorney failed to act with a reasonable standard of care and the failure was the legal cause of damages. If the malpractice occurs in the context of litigation, the injured client must not only prove that the attorney acted outside the acceptable standard of care but also that had the attorney acted properly, the client would have prevailed in the underlying lawsuit. To prove damages, it must be shown that the attorney’s mistakes more likely than not affected the results of the work he was hired to perform. An attorney is not liable simply because judge or jury rules against the client.
If you or a loved one are a victim of legal malpractice, contact an attorney immediately. The amount of time that you have to file a lawsuit is set by statute. If you have questions or concerns about legal malpractice, please contact Bedi Rindosh at (201) 775-4222, or by email at [email protected]. We offer free initial consultations and can work on a contingent fee basis.