Medical Malpractice

Albuquerque Medical Malpractice Attorneys

Holding Medical Professionals Accountable

Medical malpractice refers to a broad range of accidents. When a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, hospital employee, dentist, psychiatrist, chiropractor, or other medical professional fails to provide care that meets accepted professional standards an injured patient may have a claim for medical malpractice. Attorneys at our New Mexico law firm have forty years of experience in handling medical malpractice cases. Our lawyers know two things: victims of professional negligence are deeply grieved by this breach of trust and medical malpractice cases are extremely difficult to win.

If you feel that someone you know was a victim of medical malpractice please contact an attorney at our Albuquerque, New Mexico firm for a free consultation.

Compassionate and Powerful Legal Representation

At Branch Law Firm® we are committed to providing victims of professional negligence with the compassion and the exceptionally strong legal representation they need to heal and recover fair compensation. If someone you care about suffered an unnecessary injury or death as a result of a physician mistake or nursing negligence and you would like to discuss a possible claim with a medical malpractice lawyer from our firm please contact our Albuquerque, NM, firm to arrange a free consultation and case review.

Our attorneys have seen patterns of hospital and provider negligence in the New Mexico health care community and have provided information below on relevant topics:

• Birth Injuries, including cerebral palsy, Erbs palsy, and shoulder dystocia caused by a physician mistake
• Failure to Diagnose cancer, heart disease, infections, and other conditions while they still could be treated effectively
• Surgical and Post-surgical Injuries, including cases where the wrong body part is operated on, a foreign body is left in the patient's body, or nursing negligence during the post-operative period
• Anesthesia Errors, including administration of an inappropriate anesthetic and failure to monitor the patient
• Emergency Errors often involving failure to properly diagnose and refer a patient for care
• Hospital Negligence, including failure to keep records properly, poor staffing, and failure to enforce proper hand-washing procedures and other professional practices
• Pharmaceutical Errors resulting from record-keeping errors, prescribing the wrong drugs, and dispensing errors
• Catastrophic Injury, discussing the actual cost of brain damage or paralysis
• Avoiding Medical Accidents, providing suggestions for patients and their families