Medical Negligence

Each year, thousands of people are injured or killed as a result of preventable medical errors. Medical negligence, also known as medical malpractice, occurs when a doctor or other health care provider fails to provide a patient the degree of care that a reasonable and competent doctor or health care provider would provide under similar circumstances resulting in injury to the patient. The attorneys at Z Wang & Associates help patients hold doctors and other health care providers accountable for their mistakes. Most medical negligence cases are filed against doctors, nurses or hospitals because they failed to use reasonable care in diagnosing or treating a patient. Some of the most common examples of medical malpractice include a physician's failure to timely diagnose a medical condition, failure to utilize appropriate surgical techniques, and failure to provide proper and timely treatment. A physician may also commit medical negligence by performing a procedure without obtaining the patient's informed consent or by allowing a substitute surgeon to perform a surgery on his or her patient without the patient's knowledge or consent.

Medical negligence cases require the injured party to prove that his or her treatment was not proper or reasonable. The law requires that this proof be presented in the form of expert testimony from other doctors who practice in the same field of medicine. The attorneys at Z Wang & Associates have experience finding highly qualified doctors who are willing to testify in court against defendant doctors and others who have committed medical negligence against our clients. We provide free evaluations of potential medical negligence cases, we advance the costs of our clients’ cases, which can be quite expensive, and we don’t earn a fee unless our clients make a recovery.

If you believe that you or a loved one have been the victim of medical negligence, you should be aware that Illinois has strict statutes of limitation for medical negligence cases. Therefore, it is vital that you contact an experienced attorney at Z Wang & Associates immediately to protect your rights.