Medical Malpractice

Lincoln, Nebraska, Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Every day medical professionals throughout Nebraska provide patients with conscientious, capable care, and still there are unfortunate outcomes. In some instances, however, patients are seriously, permanently injured as a result of the failure of doctors, dentists, and hospitals to maintain that professional standard of care. Medical malpractice attorneys at our Lincoln, Nebraska, firm, Keating, O'Gara, Nedved & Peter, P.C., L.L.O., have the experience and the resources to distinguish between the two situations, and hold negligent medical professionals accountable.

There are a variety of explanations for professional negligence. Doctors, nurses, and staff at hospitals in smaller Nebraska communities such as Grand Island, Kearney, North Platte, and Beatrice may not have the training or experience to handle unusual situations or complex procedures. Nursing home care is administered by notoriously under trained and poorly supervised staff. An anesthesiologist may simply leave the operating room while a patient is having surgery and fail to notice the patient's vital signs indicating a problem. Medical malpractice suits may result from a wide range of errors, including the following:

• Surgical errors, including operating on the wrong part, amputation of the wrong limb, unnecessary surgery, and leaving a surgical instrument in the patient
• Misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose cancer, heart disease, a fracture, an infection, or another condition which could have been treated effectively
• Pharmaceutical errors including overmedication, errors in administering medication, giving a patient a medication despite an allergy alert on the patient's chart, and giving the patient the wrong prescription
• Emergency room errors, including failure to refer a patient to the appropriate specialist, failure to diagnose, and failure to treat a patient in a timely manner
• Birth injuries, including cerebral palsy and shoulder dystocia
• Hospital-acquired infections, including antibiotic resistant infections and blood-borne infections
• Poorly performed tests and procedures that result in bowel perforations, airway management problems, or choking

Significant cases:

A 3 year old child died after the patient's breathing tube came out of position in the hospital.

An accident victim taken to the hospital died due to failed intubation.

A disabled man drowned when unattended by health care workers.

A physician performing a bone marrow biopsy punctured the sac around a patient's heart.

A dentist suffered vision loss due to failed Lasik surgery.

A patient died from a morphine overdose while being prepared for surgery.

A dental misdiagnosis resulted in the unnecessary extraction of thirteen teeth.

Keating, O'Gara, Nedved & Peter, P.C., L.L.O. serves clients in communities throughout Nebraska, including Lincoln, Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings, North Platte, and Beatrice, helping our clients recover fair compensation for serious personal injury and wrongful death claims. If a member of your family was seriously injured or died as a result of a medical accident, and you would like to discuss a medical malpractice claim with one of our lawyers, or have any other question, please contact our Lincoln office to arrange a free consultation and case evaluation.