Malpractice

The following information on malpractice is provided by Pritzker | Ruohonen, a national malpractice law firm. Our lawyers are sought-after speakers and have been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lawyers USA and other publications. Attorneys Fred Pritzker, Rich Ruohonen, and Elliot Olsen have been named “Super Lawyers” by Law & Politics magazine. To contact Pritzker | Ruohonen about your case involving emergency room malpractice, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free), e-mail our lawyers, or submit the firm’s free case evaluation form.

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Malpractice News and Topics

Failure to Treat Staphylococcus Aureus Infection - Hospital Staph Infection Lawsuit
We recently recovered a signigicant sum for a man who was not treated for a Staphylococcus aureus infection, also called a hospital staph infection.

Misdiagnosis of Cancer - Lawsuit and Lawyer
If a misdiagnosis of cancer leads to the negligent removal of a breast, testicle, lung lobe, or other body part, you have the right to seek compensation for your “damages.”

Compounding Pharmacy Error Settlement
We have recently settled a wrongful death cases involving a compounded medication that was 10-times stronger than the prescription called for.

Knee Surgery Infection Lawsuit
If you or a loved one developed an infection after knee surgery, you may have grounds for a knee surgery infection lawsuit against a doctor, hospital and/or manufacturer of a medical device put into the knee.

Pharmacist Malpractice
A pharmacist has a degree and holds himself or herself out as having the training and ability to accurately fill prescriptions. Pharmacists are, therefore, held to a high duty of care (standard of care) that requires absolute accuracy in order processing.

Psychologist Sexual Abuse Settlement
Elliot Olsen, an attorney with Pritzker Ruohonen & Associates in Minneapolis, recently settled a claim on behalf of a victim of sexual abuse by her male psychologist.

Babies Switched at Birth
Generally this happens when identification bracelets are removed and inadvertently put on the wrong baby.

Failure to Detect Infection and Treat Septic Arthritis
Pritzker | Ruohonen attorneys Fred Pritzker and Elliot Olsen recently secured a $950,000 recovery on behalf of a young man who developed septic arthritis eight days following knee surgery. The suit alleged that the doctors responsible for his care failed to recognize, test and treat his knee infection.

Wrong Kidney Surgically Removed
Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minnesota surgically removed the wrong kidney, leaving a cancerous kidney in the patient.

Nursing Home Medication Error
A recent study done in North Carolina found that mistakes in prescribing, ordering and dispensing medicine are a significant problem in nursing homes. Since 2001, North Carolinea has documented the deaths of six residents in cases involving medication errors.

Pain and Suffering
Rich Ruohonen recently chaired a legal seminar on obtaining compensation for pain and suffering in a personal injury case. Rich uses his knowledge, experience, and reputation to maximize recoveries for clients.

Pain Medication Overdose at Children's Hospitals
A recent study published in Pediatrics reviewed 960 randomly selected charts from 12 children's hospitals. The study found 107 unique adverse drug events, which, broken down, included 11.1 adverse drug events per 100 patients, 15.7 per 1000 patient-days, and 1.23 per 1000 medication doses.

Unretrieved Device Fragment
Objects left in patients after surgury can cause serious injury or death. In one case, a man's leg had to amputated when a sponge was left in his leg.

Dental Malpractice: Burn Injuries
The FDA has issued a warning regarding dental equipment that can seriously burn patients. Under certain circumstances, this could be Minnesota dental malpractice.

Methadone Overdose - Medical Malpractice
Methadone overdose in hospitals and other health care facilities can cause serious injury or death.

Emergency Room Malpractice
Most emergency room malpractice cases involve failure to diagnose, primarily failure to diagnose heart attack and failure to diagnose stroke. This can lead to death. We have handled many wrongful death lawsuits.

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Medical Malpractice Topics

Pain and Suffering

Rich Ruohonen recently chaired a legal seminar on obtaining compensation for pain and suffering in a personal injury case. Rich uses his knowledge, experience, and reputation to maximize recoveries for clients.

$950,000 Recovery for Failure to Diagnose Septic Arthritis

Pritzker | Ruohonen attorneys Fred Pritzker and Elliot Olsen recently secured a $950,000 recovery on behalf of a young man who developed septic arthritis eight days following knee surgery.

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Dental Malpractice: Oral Surgery and Burn Injuries

The FDA has recently stated that poorly-maintained dental equipment has resulted in severe burns. These cases could involve both dental malpractice and product liability claims.

Hospital Malpractice Lawsuits

Hospital malpractice includes any type of medical negligence that occurs in a hospital setting, including errors by doctors, nurses, technicians and other hospital staff.

Neurosurgery Errors

Surgical errors are common and can lead to serious injury or death. In an article in the medical journal Neurosurgery that reported on a study of 1108 elective neurosurgical procedures, a neurosurgeon recorded 2684 errors in 87.1% of the cases. 22.6% of the errors were considered major. 78.5% of the errors were deemed preventable.