Baton Rouge Misdiagnosis Attorneys

When diagnosing an illness, a doctor has a duty to obtain a medical history, recognize observable symptoms, order appropriate tests and follow other accepted standards of care. However, doctors are not required to be right every time they make a diagnosis. Sometimes doctors can do everything right and still fail to diagnose your illness.

At the law firm of Dodson & Hooks, APLC, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, one of the things our lawyers do for our clients is help determine whether their doctor did everything he or she was supposed to do to diagnose their illness or injury. If you think you may be a victim of medical malpractice in your doctor’s failure to diagnose your condition, call 225-756-0222 or toll-free at 855-515-1257 for a free initial consultation.

What Is Medical Malpractice?

It is important that doctors need to pay close attention to the patient’s symptoms and to order appropriate medical tests when appropriate so that life-threatening illnesses and injuries can be treated promptly. When a doctor fails to do so, he or she may be guilty of malpractice.
Examples of misdiagnosis include:

• Misdiagnosis of a heart attack in an emergency room setting
• Failure to diagnose appendicitis
• Failure to diagnose cancer
• Failure to diagnose spinal meningitis
• Improper medical treatment due to a wrong diagnosis

Our law firm has a physician on staff who can obtain your medical records and provide an initial evaluation of your case. If we think that your doctor may have failed to follow the accepted standards of care in your case, our attorneys will then seek an opinion from a licensed doctor who practices in the same area of specialty and who can testify about the applicable standards of care in court.

If your misdiagnosis was due to medical malpractice, then we will do everything possible to hold the doctor accountable and help you obtain compensation for everything you have lost.

Request an Informative Consultation With a Louisiana Lawyer

For experienced and caring representation, contact our Baton Rouge misdiagnosis lawyers at 225-756-0222 or toll-free at 855-515-1257 to schedule an initial consultation.