Las Vegas Medical Malpractice Attorneys

We rely on hospitals, doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists, and other medical staff to follow standards of care when it comes to diagnosing illness, conducting appropriate lab tests, surgery, and providing appropriate follow-up care. When medical providers fail to follow standard practices, the damages can be catastrophic. 

If you have been injured by a medical provider, the lawyers and staff at Jack Bernstein & Associates in Las Vegas have the financial resources and experience to fully investigate your case and help you recover compensation. Our lawyers have handled numerous medical malpractice claims against hospitals, doctors, nurses, and physician assistants, several of which have resulted in recoveries in excess of $1 million. 

A bad medical result or even a hospital death is not necessarily medical malpractice. If the doctor followed the accepted standard of care, and the care resulted in injury or death, there is nothing a medical malpractice lawyer can do. For example, an illness can be misdiagnosed even after a doctor has ordered all of the proper tests and skillfully examined the patient. However, if the doctor failed to order the appropriate tests and fails to recognize observable symptoms of an illness, the doctor may be guilty of malpractice. 

Examples of malpractice may include:
• Failure to prevent a birth injury, such as cerebral palsy or Erb's Palsy
• Failure to diagnose cancer, sepsis, impending heart attack, meningitis, pulmonary embolism and other disease
• Misdiagnosed herniated disks
• Surgery and anesthesia error
• Performing unnecessary surgery
• Failure to monitor patients
• Failure to provide conduct appropriate medical tests
• Failure to properly read X-rays
• Medication & Pharmacy Errors

To file a medical malpractice lawsuit, Nevada law requires our lawyers to first obtain the complete medical records from your medical provider and give them to an expert doctor. That expert will review the records and provide our lawyers with an opinion. If the expert's opinion is that your treatment fell below the accepted community standard of care, then the expert doctor will provide our lawyers with an affidavit that will allow us to initiate an action against the at-fault medical provider. 

Free consultation: There is never a charge to talk to a medical malpractice attorney  at the law firm of Jack Bernstein & Associates . With an office in Las Vegas and the willingness to make house calls, our lawyers will be there when you need us. We handle all medical malpractice cases on a contingency fee basis.