In addition to the car accident, wrongful death, and nursing home abuse cases, the lawyers at Wolske & Associates are committed to helping individuals whose lives have been negatively impacted by the medical negligence of others.

Simply put, medical malpractice is any act of negligence committed by a medical provider, a physician in most situations. It is defined as doing something a medical provider of ordinary skill would not have done, or failing to do that which a medical provider of ordinary skill would have done.

An individual may be subject to one of the various forms of medical malpractice whenever he or she seeks the care of a medical provider. Malpractice can be constituted by something as simple as failing to put the rails of a hospital bed in the upright position, to something as complex as improperly performing open heart surgery. A related issue in these cases is whether a patient has provided “informed consent” to a particular treatment. Only if a patient has been informed of the details, risks, benefits and alternatives to a recommended form of care can he or she rightly be said to have given informed consent.

Fortunately, there are laws that entitle patients to receive competent medical care. If you’ve been seriously injured due to substandard medical care, our attorneys may be able to obtain damages on your behalf.

To establish a medical malpractice claim, there must be injury and damage to the patient directly resulting from the neglect. Because of the expense involved in suing for such claims, however, the injury to the patient must be substantial, such that the potential for a jury verdict is of significant dollar value. For examples of the kinds of cases that our firm has litigated, please click here.

 A shocking fact about medical malpractice is that it frequently goes undetected or at least overlooked. Different studies have concluded that the percentage of medical neglect that escapes lawsuits may approach ninety (90%)*. In Ohio, as elsewhere, pursuing a medical malpractice case is a tedious, time consuming, and expensive process. Defense attorneys know this and make it as difficult, costly and cumbersome as possible to successfully prosecute a claim.

Through our experience in handling medical negligence claims in both Ohio and Kentucky, we have witnessed firsthand the conspiracy of silence in the local medical communities. Patients ordinarily receive very little candid, truthful assistance by involved physicians regarding identifying medical neglect when it occurs. For similar reasons, the negligent physicians have a much easier time locating physician experts to support the quality of their care.

Therefore, it takes a tough, experienced, and respected law firm to successfully prosecute negligence cases. At the firm of Wolske & Associates, our attorneys possess the requisite level of skill and expertise to successfully win full and fair compensation on behalf of medical malpractice clients. If one of your loved ones have suffered brain injury, birth injury, or any other serious form of harm in the hands of medical professionals, contact us today.

For more information about the effects of tort reform in Ohio on the rights of medical malpractice victims, please click here.

*Harvard Medical Practice Study group, "Patients, Doctors, and Lawyers: Medical Injury, Malpractice Litigation and PATIENT Compensation in New York." (1990)

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