Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Illinois medical professionals are truly an asset to the community. They provide life-saving services to the public, helping sick and injured people on a daily basis.

However, if a healthcare worker deviates from accepted standards of care, and the patient is injured or dies because of negligence or omission, it is likely a case of medical malpractice. If you are a victim of errors or incompetence in the course of treatment for any illness, injury, or condition, you should consult an experienced medical malpractice lawyer for a free and honest evaluation of your case. At the law firm of McGowan & Hull, we help medical malpractice victims and their families in the greater Chicago area and throughout Illinois.

Unfortunately, tens of thousands of people die every year in the United States when things go wrong in the course of a diagnosis, test, medical procedure, or treatment. Medical malpractice lawsuits address injuries that could have been avoided if simple precautions were taken or proper protocols honored by the medical staff. Medical negligence and medical malpractice are committed by doctors, physician’s assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, orderlies, hospitals, lab technicians, emergency room staff, pharmacists, or any other medical professional or institution.

At McGowan & Hull, we represent clients throughout the Chicago, Illinois area who are injured by medical negligence. Our medical malpractice attorneys are experienced at handling even the most complex, hard-to-prove malpractice claims. We carefully screen potential cases, only accepting a case when we are reasonably sure we will obtain a substantial recovery for the client.

We also handle the full range of medical malpractice actions. Many complex cases require an attorney who is experienced, skilled and knowledgeable about medical malpractice and medical negligence. At McGowan & Hull, our Chicago, Illinois medical malpractice lawyers have handled hundreds of cases in many types of medical specialties.

We can work with clients who have endured the following:

• Errors in anesthesia
• Failure to treat
• Unnecessary surgery
• Objects left in the body after a procedure or surgery
• Aneurisms
• Birth injuries
• Brain damage
• Cerebral palsy
• Misdiagnosis, wrong diagnosis
• Failure to diagnose (cancer, meningitis)
• Errors in gastric bypass and weight loss surgeries
• Surgical errors
• Prescription and medication errors
• Nursing home neglect and abuse
• Pulmonary embolisms
• Wrongful death

Our personal injury lawyers serve Chicago, Illinois and its surrounding suburbs, including Geneva, St. Charles, Batavia, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville, Schaumburg and Oak Park as well as Cook County, Kane County, DuPage County, Will County, McHenry County, DeKalb County and Lake County.

If you have any questions, or you would simply like to speak with a medical malpractice lawyer regarding a claim, please call our offices in Geneva, Illinois at (630) 262- 0366 or (877) 457-2264. If you prefer, you may send us an e-mail by using the form on the Contact Us page. A representative from our office will respond to you shortly. We look forward to hearing from you!

Please visit our Information Center for more information on medical malpractice in Illinois.